# Harriman and West Airport (KAQW)

**Harriman and West Airport** (ICAO: KAQW) is a small airport in North Adams, Massachusetts, United States. It opened in Oct 1944. It has one runway, 4,300 ft (1,311 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KAQW
- FAA: AQW
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: North Adams, Massachusetts, United States
- Opened: Oct 1944
- Elevation: 654 ft / 199 m
- Coordinates: 42.6959, -73.1704
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,300 ft / 1,311 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriman-and-West_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3887968
- Weather station: KAQW
- Ident: KAQW

## Timeline

- Oct 1944: Harriman and West Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 4,300 ft / 1,311 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 097° / 277° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,300 ft / 1,311 m | =8,575 of 29,858 | =3,314 in North America | =2,737 in US |
| Elevation | 654 ft / 199 m | =24,325 of 43,403 | =11,660 in North America | =9,697 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 134.775 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/kaqw/data