James Herman Banning Ames Municipal Airport (IATA: AMW, ICAO: KAMW, FAA LID: AMW) is two miles (3.2 km) southeast of Ames, in Story County, Iowa.[1]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | City of Ames | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Ames, Iowa | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 2 miles SE | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 956 ft / 291 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°59′31″N 93°37′18″W / 41.99194°N 93.62167°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www.cityofames.org | ||||||||||||||
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Originally consisting of two turf runways, the airport was created after a 1943 vote by the city of Ames.[2] A new terminal and hangar were constructed in 2017, as part of a modernization effort.[3][4]
Formerly named Ames Municipal Airport, and still commonly known as such, in 2023 the airport was officially renamed the James Herman Banning Ames Municipal Airport.[5] James Herman Banning was the first African American to obtain a pilots license and was an alumnus of Iowa State University.[6]
Facilities
editThe airport covers 700 acres (280 ha) and has two runways: 1/19 is 5,701 by 100 ft (1,738 by 30 m) asphalt and 13/31 is 3,491 by 75 ft (1,064 by 23 m) concrete.[1]
In the year ending September 12, 2022 the airport had 30,150 aircraft operations, average 83 per day: 93% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 1% military. At that time, 63 aircraft were based at the airport: 47 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, 4 jet, 5 glider, and 1 helicopter.[1]
NTSB records show no fatal accidents at Ames since 1962 (the earliest year which can be searched in their database).
Iowa State University utilizes the airport for charter flights for many of its athletic teams, although its football team must use Des Moines International Airport since Ames does not have runways long enough to accommodate the Boeing 757s and Boeing 767s most frequently used by college football programs for travel.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for AMW PDF, effective July 13, 2023.
- ^ "Ames Municipal Airport". Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ Sequeira, Robbie (February 23, 2017). "Master Airport Plan open house scheduled for Tuesday". Ames Tribune.
- ^ Ware, Caitlin (October 21, 2017). "New airport terminal commemorated with ribbon cutting". Ames Tribune. Archived from the original on October 22, 2017 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ "Ames renames airport after Black aviator; names new plaza after city manager". The Ames Tribune. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
- ^ "Banning, James Herman | The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture". Oklahoma Historical Society | OHS. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
External links
edit- City of Ames, Iowa
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for AMW
- AirNav airport information for KAMW
- ASN accident history for AMW
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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