Somerset Airport is a public-use
airport
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in
Somerset County,
New Jersey
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,
United States
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. It is located three miles (5 km) north of the
central business district of
Somerville and is privately owned by Somerset Air Service, Inc.
The airport is also known as George Walker Field.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier
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for the
FAA
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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
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).
Facilities and aircraft
Somerset Airport covers an area of which contains three
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt, concre ...
s:
* Runway 12/30: 2,739 x 65 ft (835 x 20 m), surface:
asphalt
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* Runway 8/26: 1,923 x 100 ft (586 x 30 m), surface:
turf
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* 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
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. As of April 30, 2023, there were 92 aircraft based at this airport: 83 single-engine, 4 multi-engine, 3 helicopters, and 2 gliders.
2017 Presidential temporary flight restrictions
Somerset Airport is within a 10-mile radius of the
Trump National Golf Club in
Bedminster, New Jersey, and thereby subject to
FAA
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flight restrictions whenever President
Donald Trump
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Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of P ...
is in Bedminster. Thus, the airport was shut down from August 4–20, 2017 while Trump resided in Bedminster.
FAA regulations for Bedminster area, August 2, 2017
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See also
* List of airports in New Jersey
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References
External links
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Airports in New Jersey
Transportation buildings and structures in Somerset County, New Jersey
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