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Warrenton–Fauquier Airport is a public airport 14 miles southeast of Warrenton, a town in 
Fauquier County
Fauquier is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 72,972. The county seat is Warrenton.
Fauquier County is in Northern Virginia and is a part of the Washington metropolitan area.
History
In 160 ...
, Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
.
Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier
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for the FAA
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and IATA, but this airport is HWY to the FAA and has no IATA code.
Facilities
Warrenton–Fauquier Airport covers at an elevation of . Its single runway, 15/33, is asphalt. In the year ending June 29, 2007 the airport had 42,184 aircraft operations, average 115 per day: 98%general aviation
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, 1% air taxi
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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) ...
and <1% military. 119 aircraft were then based at this airport: 84% single-engine (100), 13% multi-engine, 3% ultralight
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and 1% helicopter.
Accidents and incidents
On December 3rd, 2023, a 62-year-old pilot was killed while piloting a Beechcraft C23 aircraft when it collided with several trees while attempting to land at the airport. The aircraft had no other occupants other than the pilot, and no one was injured on the ground.See also
* *List of airports in Virginia
This is a list of airports in Virginia (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that ...
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** {{DEFAULTSORT:Warrenton-Fauquier Airport Airports in Virginia Transportation in Fauquier County, Virginia