New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport

New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport (ICAO: KUWL, FAA LID: UWL) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) southeast of the central business district of New Castle, a city in Henry County, Indiana, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerNew Castle/Henry County
ServesNew Castle, Indiana
Elevation AMSL1,088 ft / 332 m
Coordinates39°52′33″N 085°19′35″W
Map
UWL
Location of airport in Indiana/United States
UWL
UWL (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 4,000 1,219 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations5,854
Based aircraft24

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned UWL by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport covers an area of 32 acres (13 ha) at an elevation of 1,088 feet (332 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,000 by 65 feet (1,219 x 20 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the airport had 5,854 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day: 96% general aviation and 4% air taxi. At that time there were 24 aircraft based at this airport: 79% single-engine, 17% multi-engine, and 4% ultralight.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for UWL (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "IATA Airport Code Search (UWL)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  4. "New Castle-Henry County Municipal Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KUWL, FAA: UWL)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
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