Stan Stamper Municipal Airport

Stan Stamper Municipal Airport
IATA: HUJ – ICAO: KHHW – FAA LID: HHW
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Hugo
Serves Hugo, Oklahoma
Elevation AMSL 572 ft / 174 m
Coordinates 34°02′05″N 095°32′31″W / 34.03472°N 95.54194°W / 34.03472; -95.54194
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 4,007 1,221 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 1,250
Based aircraft 13

Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (IATA: HUJ, ICAO: KHHW, FAA LID: HHW) is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of the central business district of Hugo, a city in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, it is classified as a general aviation airport.[2]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned HHW by the FAA and HUJ by the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Stan Stamper Municipal Airport covers an area of 167 acres (68 ha) at an elevation of 572 feet (174 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,007 by 75 feet (1,221 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending June 26, 2008, the airport had 1,250 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per month: 96% general aviation and 4% military. At that time there were 13 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine and 8% helicopter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for HHW (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.
  2. ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
  3. ↑ "Stan Stamper Municipal Airport (IATA: HUJ, ICAO: KHHW, FAA: HHW)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 20 May 2010.

The Hugo city council named the airport after Stan Stamper, a local newspaper publisher, who served for 18 years as a member of the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission. Stamper (1953-) is an accomplished aviator, with multiple aviation ratings including: Commercial, Instrument, multi-engine, and Flight Instructor ratings. He was named Aviator of the Year in Oklahoma in 1997. Stamper was named to the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 2012.

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