# Mid Atlantic Soaring Center Airport (W73)

**Mid Atlantic Soaring Center Airport** (FAA: W73) is a small airport in Fairfield, Pennsylvania, United States. It opened in Mar 1971. It has one runway, 2,700 ft (823 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/w73

## At a glance

- FAA: W73
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Fairfield, Pennsylvania, United States
- Opened: Mar 1971
- Elevation: 573 ft / 175 m
- Coordinates: 39.7570, -77.3514
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,700 ft / 823 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49748113
- Weather station: KJWX
- Ident: W73

## Timeline

- Mar 1971: Mid Atlantic Soaring Center Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,700 ft / 823 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,700 ft / 823 m | =18,324 of 29,858 | =7,834 in North America | =6,652 in US |
| Elevation | 573 ft / 175 m | =25,901 of 43,403 | =12,440 in North America | =10,376 in US |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =4,595 in North America | =4,505 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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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/w73/data