Wings Field

      Coordinates: 40°08′15″N 075°15′54″W / 40.13750°N 75.26500°W / 40.13750; -75.26500

      Wings Field
      IATA: BBX – ICAO: KLOM – FAA LID: LOM
      Summary
      Airport type Public
      Owner Wings Field Preservation Assoc.
      Serves Philadelphia
      Location Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
      Elevation AMSL 302 ft / 92 m
      Website www.WingsField.com
      Runways
      Direction Length Surface
      ft m
      6/24 3,700 1,128 Asphalt
      Statistics (2007)
      Aircraft operations 35,130
      Based aircraft 115
      Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

      Wings Field (IATA: BBX, ICAO: KLOM, FAA LID: LOM) is a general aviation airport located in Blue Bell which is in Whitpain Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. The airport was founded in 1930 and is approximately three miles (5 km) northwest of Philadelphia.

      Facilities and aircraft

      Wings Field covers an area of 217 acres (88 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway designated 6/24 and measuring: 3,700 x 75 ft (1,128 x 23 m). For the 12-month period ending January 4, 2007, the airport had 35,130 aircraft operations, an average of 96 per day: 83% general aviation, 17% air taxi and <1% military. There are 115 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, <1% jet and <1% helicopter.[1]

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      Past airline operations

      Wings Airways was a commuter airline based at Wings Field. The air carrier's primary route was the short hop to Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) which was a flight of less than 15 minutes. From the late 1970s to the late 1980s, the Wings Airways operated a high frequency shuttle service between Wings Field and PHL with up to 22 round trip flights on weekdays[2] and also flew nonstop to New York JFK Airport at one point from the airfield[3]. The airline operated Britten-Norman Islander, Britten-Norman Trislander and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft. All three of these aircraft types featured short take off and landing (STOL) performance.

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      References

      1. ^ a b FAA Airport Master Record for LOM (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
      2. ^ departedflights.com, Nov. 15, 1979 & Dec. 15, 1989 editions of the Official Airline Guide (OAG), Philadelphia-Blue Bell flight schedules
      3. ^ www.airtimes.com/cgat/usc/wings.htm
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      Last modified on 16 June 2013, at 21:14