Ames Municipal Airport

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Ames Municipal Airport
IATA: AMW – ICAO: KAMW – FAA: AMW
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Ames
Serves		Ames, Iowa
Elevation AMSL		955 ft / 291 m
Coordinates		41°59′31″N 093°37′19″W / 41.99194, -93.62194
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
1/19	5,700	1,737	Asphalt
13/31	3,492	1,064	Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations			40,634
Based aircraft			66
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Ames Municipal Airport (IATA: AMW, ICAO: KAMW, FAA LID: AMW) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Ames, a city in Story County, Iowa, United States.^[1]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Ames Municipal Airport covers an area of 700 acres (283 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 measuring 5,700 x 100 ft. (1,737 x 30 m) and 13/31 measuring 3,492 x 100 ft. (1,064 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 11, 2006, the airport had 40,634 aircraft operations, an average of 111 per day: 94% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 1% military. There are 66 aircraft based at this airport: 71% single-engine, 12% multi-engine, 3% jet, 9% glider and 5% ultralight.^[1]