Warrenton–Fauquier Airport

Warrenton–Fauquier Airport
Warrenton–Fauquier Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: KHWY; FAA LID: HWY;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Fauquier County
Serves	Warrenton, Virginia
Elevation AMSL	336 ft / 102 m
Coordinates	38°35′11″N 077°42′38″W / 38.58639°N 77.71056°W
Map
	HWY HWY HWY
Runways
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	42,184
Based aircraft	119
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Warrenton–Fauquier Airport (ICAO: KHWY, FAA LID: HWY, formerly W66) is a public airport 14 miles southeast of Warrenton, a town in Fauquier County, Virginia.^[1]

Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, but this airport is HWY to the FAA and has no IATA code.^[2]

Facilities

Warrenton–Fauquier Airport covers 407 acres (165 ha) at an elevation of 336 feet (102 m). Its single runway, 15/33, is 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 m × 30 m) asphalt.^[1]

In the year ending June 29, 2007 the airport had 42,184 aircraft operations, average 115 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. 119 aircraft were then based at this airport: 84% single-engine (100), 13% multi-engine, 3% ultralight and 1% helicopter.^[1]

Accidents and incidents

On December 3, 2023, a 62-year-old pilot was killed while piloting a Beechcraft C23 aircraft when it collided with several trees while attempting to land at the airport.^[3] The aircraft had no other occupants other than the pilot, and no one was injured on the ground.^[4]