Winchester Regional Airport is three miles southeast of

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, in Frederick County,

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. It was recognized by the state as a licensed commercial airport in 1937 and was Winchester Municipal Airport until 1987. Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the

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and

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, but this airport is OKV to the FAA and WGO to the IATA (which assigned OKV to Okao Airport in

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Facilities

Winchester Regional Airport covers at an

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of 726 feet (221 m). Its one runway, 14/32, is 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m); the runway supports

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approaches, with the

localizer An instrument landing system localizer, or simply localizer (LOC), is a system of horizontal guidance in the instrument landing system, which is used to guide aircraft along the axis of the runway. Principle of operation In aviation, a localiz ...

on the northwest side of the airport. For the 12 month period ending June 30, 2016, the airport had 44,115 aircraft operations, averaging 121 per day. Of these, 96% (42,250) were

general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...

, and 4% (1,865) were

air taxi An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft that makes short flights on demand. In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) an ...

. 99 aircraft were based at the airport at the time: 82 single-engine, 14 multi-engine, 1 jet, 1

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and 1 ultralight.

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