# Washington County Airport (8WC)

**Washington County Airport** (FAA: 8WC) is a small airport in Potosi, Missouri, United States. It opened in Sep 1969. It has one runway, 4,000 ft (1,219 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k8wc

## At a glance

- FAA: 8WC
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Potosi, Missouri, United States
- Opened: Sep 1969
- Elevation: 959 ft / 292 m
- Coordinates: 37.9292, -90.7315
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,000 ft / 1,219 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_County_Airport_(Missouri) (3 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14704512
- Weather station: KFAM
- Ident: K8WC

## Timeline

- Sep 1969: Washington County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 019° / 199° | yes |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | =9,646 of 29,858 | =3,829 in North America | =3,211 in US |
| Elevation | 959 ft / 292 m | #18,426 of 43,403 | #8,292 in North America | #6,672 in US |
| Age | Opened 1969 | =6,015 of 15,079 | =4,280 in North America | =4,191 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k8wc/data