New London Airport (Virginia)

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Coordinates: 37°16′19″N 079°20′09″W / 37.27194, -79.33583

New London Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA: W90
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Associated Wheels Inc.
Serves		Forest, Virginia
Elevation AMSL		849 ft / 259 m
Website		NewLondonAirport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	3,164	964	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			28,478
Based aircraft			76
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

New London Airport (FAA LID: W90) is a public-use airport located six miles (10 km) southwest of the central business district of Forest, a city in Bedford County, Virginia, United States. It is privately owned by Associated Wheels Inc.^[1]

It is a public airport, but usually involves GA aircraft only. On Sundays during the summer and early fall, the runway is used as a dragstrip.

1 History
2 Facilities and aircraft
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Originally built in 1957 as a 1/4 mile dragstrip, airport operations were added in 1961 and the facility has served a dual-purpose since. Having been under the continued guidance of Rucker Tibbs, the airport changed hands in December 2005.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

New London Airport covers an area of 133 acres (54 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (17/35) measuring 3,164 x 40 ft. (964 x 12 m). For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2007, the airport had 28,478 aircraft operations, an average of 78 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. There are 76 aircraft based at this airport.^[1]