Forks Airport is a city-owned public-use airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Forks

Forks, Washington

-Government:The City is organized under Washington State law as a Non-charter Code City. Its structure is that of an elected Mayor and a five member elected City Council...

, a city in Clallam County, Washington, United States

United States

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. It was formerly known as Forks Municipal Airport.

Facilities and aircraft

Forks Airport covers an area of 72 acres (29.1 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 299 feet (91 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 designated 4/22 with an asphalt

Asphalt

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 surface measuring 2,400 by 75 feet (732 x 23 m). It is equipped with medium intensity runway lighting. Approaches to both ends of this runway are visual.

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 13,600 aircraft operations, an average of 37 per day: 99.6% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 0.4% military

Military aviation

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. At that time there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 50% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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, 30% helicopter

Helicopter

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 and 20% ultralight.

External links

• Forks Municipal (S18) at Washington State DOT
• Aerial image as of 19 July 1994 from USGS The National Map