# Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF / KCEF)

**Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base** (IATA: CEF, ICAO: KCEF) is a medium airport in Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States. It opened in 1939. It has 2 runways; the longest is 11,597 ft (3,535 m). It is operated by United States Air Force. In 2015 it handled 2 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CEF / KCEF
- FAA: CEF
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: United States Air Force
- Serves: Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States
- Opened: 1939
- Elevation: 241 ft / 74 m
- Coordinates: 42.1940, -72.5348
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 11,597 ft / 3,535 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches, 1 departure, 2 arrivals
- Passengers: 2,058 (2015)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.westover.afrc.af.mil
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westover_Air_Reserve_Base (6 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1636887
- Weather station: KCEF · WMO 74491
- Ident: KCEF

## Timeline

- 1939: Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 11,597 ft / 3,535 m | 300 ft / 91 m | Asphalt | 034° / 214° | yes |
| 15/33 | 7,085 ft / 2,160 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00447AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 2K (2015) | #3,148 of 3,974 | #838 in North America | #607 in US |
| Longest runway | 11,597 ft / 3,535 m | #462 of 29,858 | #112 in North America | #98 in US |
| Elevation | 241 ft / 74 m | =32,897 of 43,403 | =15,062 in North America | =12,682 in US |
| Age | Opened 1939 | =1,029 of 15,079 | =343 in North America | =322 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | BRADLEY APP/DEP | 125.350 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 114.000 |
| GND | GND | 118.350 |
| PMSV | PMSV METRO | 27.475 |
| POST | COMD POST 439 AW | 25.210 |
| PTD | PTD | 37.220 |
| TWR | TWR | 134.850 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [BAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbaf.md) Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport · 9.6 mi / 15 km
- [BDL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbdl.md) Bradley International Airport · 19 mi / 31 km
- [HFD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khfd.md) Hartford Brainard Airport · 32 mi / 52 km
- [ORH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/korh.md) Worcester Regional Airport · 34 mi / 55 km
- [EEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/keen.md) Dillant Hopkins Airport · 50 mi / 81 km
- [GON](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgon.md) Groton New London Airport · 65 mi / 104 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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/kcef/data