Somerset Airport (New Jersey)
Somerset Airport (ICAO: KSMQ, FAA LID: SMQ) is a public-use airport in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It is located three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Somerville and is privately owned by Somerset Air Service, Inc.[1] The airport is also known as George Walker Field.[3]
Somerset Airport George Walker Field | |||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||
| Owner | Somerset Air Service, Inc. | ||||
| Serves | Somerset County | ||||
| Location | Bedminster, New Jersey | ||||
| Elevation AMSL | 106 ft / 32 m | ||||
| Coordinates | 40°37′34″N 074°40′12″W / 40.62611°N 74.67000°W | ||||
| Website | www.SomersetAirport.com | ||||
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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Somerset Airport is assigned SMQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned SMQ to Sampit Airport in Indonesia).[4][5]
Facilities and aircraft edit
Somerset Airport covers an area of 210 acres (85 ha) which contains three runways:[1]
- Runway 12/30: 2,739 x 65 ft (835 x 20 m), surface: asphalt
- Runway 8/26: 1,923 x 100 ft (586 x 30 m), surface: turf
- Runway 17/35: 1,700 x 150 ft (518 x 46 m), surface: turf
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2023, the airport had 43,700 aircraft operations, an average of 120 per day, all of which were general aviation. As of April 30, 2023, there were 92 aircraft based at this airport: 83 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, 3 helicopters, and 2 gliders.[1]
2017 Presidential temporary flight restrictions edit
Somerset Airport is within a 10-mile radius of the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, and thereby subject to FAA flight restrictions whenever President Donald Trump is in Bedminster. Thus, the airport was shut down from August 4–20, 2017 while Trump resided in Bedminster.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for SMQ PDF, effective 2023-09-07
- ^ Somerset Airport (official site)
- ^ Somerset Airport: History 2007-08-27 at the Wayback Machine (official site)
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: KSMQ – Somerville, New Jersey (Somerset Airport)
- ^ Great Circle Mapper: SMQ / WAOS – Sampit, Borneo, Indonesia
- ^ FAA regulations for Bedminster area, August 2, 2017
External links edit
- FAA Terminal Procedures for SMQ, effective March 21, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SMQ
- AirNav airport information for KSMQ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures