Spencer Municipal Airport

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Coordinates: 43°09′56″N 095°12′10″W / 43.16556, -95.20278

Spencer Municipal Airport Northwest Iowa Regional Airport
IATA: SPW – ICAO: KSPW – FAA: SPW
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		City of Spencer
Location		Spencer, Iowa
Elevation AMSL		1,339 ft / 408 m
Website		SpencerIowaCity.com/airport/
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
12/30	6,000	1,829	Concrete
18/36	5,100	1,554	Concrete
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			15,300
Based aircraft			36
Source: FAA^[1], airport website^[2]

Spencer Municipal Airport^[1] (IATA: SPW, ICAO: KSPW, FAA LID: SPW), also known as Northwest Iowa Regional Airport^[2], is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Spencer, a city in Clay County, Iowa, United States. It is owned by the City of Spencer.^[1]

The airport is not served by any commercial airlines at this time but it was once the home of Great Lakes Airlines. The airline was named after the nearby Iowa Great Lakes. The airline has since relocated to Cheyenne, Wyoming.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Spencer Municipal Airport covers an area of 812 acres (329 ha) which contains two concrete paved runways: 12/30 measuring 6,000 x 100 ft. (1,829 x 30 m) and 18/36 measuring 5,100 x 75 ft. (1,554 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 16, 2007, the airport had 15,300 aircraft operations, an average of 41 per day: 75% general aviation, 24% air taxi and 1% military. There are 36 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 14% multi-engine, 6% ultralight and 2% jet.^[1]