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Suburban W18 Airport



Suburban Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: W18
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Suburban Air Park LLC
Location Laurel, Maryland
Elevation AMSL 148 ft / 45 m
Coordinates 39°04′37″N 076°49′41″W / 39.07694°N 76.82806°W / 39.07694; -76.82806
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 2,324 708 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 1,750
Based aircraft 35
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Suburban Airport (FAA LID: W18) is a public-use airport located in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Laurel. This airport is privately owned by Suburban Air Park LLC.

Facilities and aircraft

Suburban Airport covers an area of 52 acres (21 ha) which contains one paved runway (3/21) measuring 2,324 x 40 ft (708 x 12 m).

For 12-month period ending April 24, 2007, the airport had 20,400 aircraft operations, an average of 55 per day, 100% of which were general aviation. There are 66 aircraft based at this airport, including 65 single engine airplanes and 1 helicopter. A combination of grass, paved-pad, ramp, owner-maintained fabric hangers, and steel hangers are available for aircraft to base from. The airport hosts homebuilt experimental aircraft, and has been the primary construction site of several aircraft past and present.

History

Suburban airport lies on ground once owned by the Snowden Family. The family manor "Birmingham" was built in 1690, and sat adjacent to the runway on what is now the Northbound lanes of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. The Snowden family cemetery sits just to the east of the runway, within the traffic pattern. This historic location was the home of the first Iron production in Maryland, Patuxent Iron Works. Just to the west of the airport is a later Snowden family manor, Montpelier.

Suburban Airport opened in March 1960 as a family run airport and fixed base operation. The first aircraft flown into the field was a Erco Ercoupe


Final approach for 21 - Summer of 1998
Final approach for 21 - Summer of 1998

The airport hosts meetings of the Experimental Aircraft Association and aviation oriented youth education programs such as Young Eagles flights.

The airport has been a Piper Aircraft dealer.

In 2001 Suburban Airport was closed for operations by the September 11 attacks. Aircraft had limited access to leave, then eventually arrivals and departures were granted under the flight rules of the Washington Air Defense Identification Zone.

Suburban airport is currently owned by W18 LLC, an entity co-located with Bay Area Land Development and Polm Housing. The airport property is in a region affected by Base Realignment and Closure and gambling legislation at the nearby Laurel Park Racecourse. In 2004 Polm attempted to increase the zoning of the airport property from 21 allowable housing units to 641 units for a development called Riverwood. Polm publicly announced plans prior to the hearing to expand Suburban airport to support 300 aircraft, 100 hangers, helicopter charters, and operate a flight school if the increased zoning failed. 250 people attented the zoning hearing where the Riverwood zoning attempt did not pass. The same hearing passed zoning changes for the Polm development Fieldstone on the same road. In 2009 Polm offered to build a 715 seat privately run school if Riverwood zoning is approved.


New threshold in foreground, looking toward the old threshold
New threshold in foreground, looking toward the old threshold

In 2010 The Maryland Aviation Administration changed the criteria for minimum approach angles and marked the airport with new displaced thresholds. The thresholds shortened 1/3 of the runway for landing operations both ways on the 2300 ft runway. Organizations that provided aircraft for Young Eagles flights have needed to relocate because the available runway was reduced beyond safe operating limits of thier aircraft.



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Suburban W18 Airport picture

Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective:2008-09-25
Airport Identifier:W18
Airport Status:Operational
Longitude/Latitude:076-49-40.7150W/39-04-36.9960N
-76.827976/39.076943 (Estimated)
Elevation:148 ft / 45.11 m (Surveyed)
Land:52 acres
From nearest city:2 nautical miles SE of Laurel, MD
Location:Anne Arundel County, MD
Magnetic Variation:10W (1985)

Owner & Manager

Ownership:Privately owned
Owner:Whiskey One Eight, Llc
Address:303 Najoles Road,, Suite 101
Millersville, MD 21108
Phone number:410-987-3100
Manager:Red Plane Aviation, Inc.
POC - MR. ANDREW P. ZOIS (443) 336-1514
Address:520 Brock Bridge Rd
Laurel, MD 20724
Phone number:410-987-3100

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use:Open to public
Wind indicator:Yes
Segmented Circle:No
Control Tower:No
Lighting Schedule:PHONE REQ
FOR ROTG BCN DURG HRS OF ATTENDANCE CALL 301-490-7580.
Beacon Color:Clear-Green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee charge:No
FEE FOR OVERNGT TRANSITS.
Sectional chart:Washington
Region:AEA - Eastern
Traffic Pattern Alt:855 ft
Boundary ARTCC:ZDC - Washington
Tie-in FSS:DCA - Leesburg
FSS on Airport:No
FSS Toll Free:1-800-WX-BRIEF
NOTAMs Facility:DCA (NOTAM-d service avaliable)

Airport Communications

CTAF:123.050
Unicom:123.050 

Airport Services

Fuel available:100LL
Airframe Repair:MINOR
Power Plant Repair:MINOR
Bottled Oxygen:NONE
Bulk Oxygen:NONE

Runway Information

Runway 03/21

Dimension:2324 x 40 ft / 708.4 x 12.2 m
Surface:ASPH, Good Condition
Edge Lights:Low
 

Runway 03

Runway 21

Longitude:076-49-46.5340W076-49-34.8970W
Latitude:39-04-26.4470N39-04-47.5450N
Elevation:127.00 ft148.00 ft
Alignment:23127
Traffic Pattern:LeftLeft
Markings:Basic, Fair ConditionBasic, Fair Condition
Crossing Height:25.00 ft31.00 ft
Displaced threshold:178.00 ft0.00 ft
VASI:system of panels on left side that may or may not be lightedsystem of panels on left side that may or may not be lighted
Visual Glide Angle:6.00°6.00°
Obstruction:50 ft trees, 277.0 ft from runway, 129 ft left of centerline, 1:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 20:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.
TREES; 39 FT, 105 FT L OF CL, 160 FT FM THLD. ADD'L CLOSE-IN OBSTRUCTION - PUBLIC ROAD; 15 FT, 75FT R, 120 FT FM THLD.
79 ft trees, 1189.0 ft from runway, 83 ft right of centerline, 12:1 slope to clear

Radio Navigation Aids

ID Type Name Ch Freq Var Dist
BUHNDBAnne Arundel260.0010W3.2 nm
FNDNDBEllicott371.0011W12.9 nm
IUBNDBInstitute404.0008W15.8 nm
GTNNDBGeorgetown323.0009W16.4 nm
GAINDBGaithersburg385.0009W16.7 nm
VKXNDBPotomac241.0010W20.6 nm
DCNDBOxonn332.0011W20.9 nm
MTNNDBMartin342.0011W24.8 nm
ESNNDBEaston212.0010W39.1 nm
APGNDBAberdeen349.0011W43.4 nm
GDXNDBGoodwin Lake227.0008W47.4 nm
CGENDBCambridge355.0010W49.4 nm
MTNTACANMartin068X 11W24.7 nm
FDKVORFrederick109.0008W32.5 nm
DCAVOR/DMEWashington047X111.0009W16.3 nm
PPMVOR/DMEPhillips021X108.4009W38.5 nm
BALVORTACBaltimore098X115.1011W9.6 nm
ADWVORTACAndrews078X113.1010W16.3 nm
OTTVORTACNottingham084X113.7010W22.6 nm
EMIVORTACWestminster126X117.9008W26.1 nm
AMLVORTACArmel082X113.5008W31.0 nm
DCAVOTWashington National109.4016.9 nm
ADWVOTAndrews Afb109.6017.5 nm

Remarks

  • ULTRALIGHT ACFT PROHIBITED.
  • NO TGL/INTXN TKOFS AUTH.
  • DEER & BIRDS ON & INVOF ARPT.

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General Info
Country United States
State MARYLAND
FAA ID W18
Latitude 39-04-36.996N
Longitude 076-49-40.715W
Elevation 148 feet
Near City LAUREL


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