The Davenport Airport, which is also called the Davenport Municipal Airport, is located nearly 7 miles to the north of downtown Davenport. It is a general aviation airport that came into being way back in the year 1948, and since 1987, also hosts the prestigious Quad City Air Show. Carver Aero Inc. runs the fixed base operations at Davenport Airport.
The significant features of the Davenport Airport in Washington, USA can be listed as follows:
It is a civil airport.
Davenport Airport has been coded as KDVN by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
The paved runway of the airport measures 3100 feet in length.
The airport also has a massive hangar that measures 21000 square feet.
There is no officially published instrument approach (known as Instrument Flight Rules or IFR) procedure at the airport. This suggests that Davenport Airport is not safe for flights to take-off from or land during bad weather or inadequate light.
According to the statistics presented for the year ended May, 2007, the airport operates 77 flights on an average in a day. Of these, 43 percent of local general flights, 52 percent consisted of transient general flights, while the remaining 5 percent is shared by air taxis and military flights.
Total of 108 aircrafts based at the Davenport Airport, 78 comprises single engine airplanes, 15 multi-engine airplanes, 12 military aircrafts, 2 jet airplanes and a helicopter.
Besides, the Airport in Davenport also connects several other airports that are located in the neighboring areas. These airports along with their respective codes and distances (in nautical miles) are as follows:
- Quad City International Airport (KMLI) - 10
- Clinton Municipal Airport (KCWI) - 18
- Maquoketa Municipal Airport (KOQW) - 27
- Mathews Memorial Airport (8C4) - 27
- Muscatine Municipal Airport (KMUT) - 29
In addition to this, there are a number of hotels that cater to the accommodation requirements of the people landing at the Davenport Airport, Washington. 15 of such hotels are located in close proximity to the airport. Other than this, there are 12 hotels in Moline, 5 in Bettendorf, 2 each in East Moline and Le Claire, and 1 in Rock Island.
www.flightshotelstours.com provides detailed, online information on Davenport Airport, as well as on Flights to Davenport and Flights to Washington.
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