Maryland Airport
2W5 · Indian Head, Maryland · Charles County · map
Maryland Airport is a public-use airport owned by Psm Aviation LLC, 4 miles east of Indian Head, Maryland, 175 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,740 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 114 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 22,050 takeoffs and landings a year. About 7 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Maryland Airport?
Its FAA code is 2W5.
Where is Maryland Airport?
It is 4 miles east of Indian Head, Maryland, 175 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Maryland Airport?
Its one runway, 02/20, is 3,740 feet long, asphalt.
Does Maryland Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Maryland Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Maryland Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Indian Head Flying Club LLC and FAA Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Maryland Airport?
14 pilot examiners and 45 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Maryland Airport…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2W5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Psm Aviation LLC
- Elevation
- 175 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 830 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Sunday, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,740 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 85 ft high 2,236 ft from the end
- Runway 20: trees 67 ft high 1,712 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) DC sfra | 118.95 | |
| Approach and departure DC sfra | 124.7 | |
| Tikee and star | 120.45 | |
| Irons and star | 126.4 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl Airport (15 nm north), South Capitol Street Heliport (17 nm north), Washington Exec/Stafford Regional (22 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Maryland · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Established prior to 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 02; PAPI runway 02; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency. Airport deactivates PAPI runway 02 when winds favor runway 20.
- Unatndd thanksgiving, christmas and new years days.
- Ame available by appointment.
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
Within ten miles
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
- Looking…
From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 107 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| helicopters | 4 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 22,050, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 50 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,500 |
| general aviation, local | 20,000 |
| military | 500 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Indian Head from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Indian Head, Maryland: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Maryland.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Indian Head Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Indian Head
- FAA Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Springfield, 14 miles away The FAA Flying Club is a nonprofit flying club based at the FAA William J.
- Flying Club One INC 1 aircraft · Springfield, 14 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
14 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 14 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 7 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 45 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 2 training center examiners, 6 administrative pilot examiners.
- Jeffrey Richard Riemer private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Arlington, VA (17 nm) · (703) 859-2807 · [email protected]
- Alan Lowdermilk private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight School · Manassas, VA (21 nm) · (304) 549-7594 · [email protected]
- Spencer Reed Watson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manassas Regional AIrport · Manassas, VA (21 nm) · (571) 931-5868 · [email protected]
- Michael Arthur Pearson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes, seaplanes · Fredericksburg, VA (27 nm) · (540) 903-7003 · [email protected]
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · South Riding, VA (28 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
- Curt Tucker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, helicopters · Davidsonville, MD (29 nm) · (202) 369-1886 · [email protected]
- Anthony James Capozzi private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Piedmont Flight Center · California, MD (31 nm) · (443) 624-3001 · [email protected]
- Charles Epstein private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gaithersburg, MD (35 nm) · (410) 804-2402 · [email protected]
All 75 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Indian Head 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- Indian Head Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- FAA Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · flying club
- Flying Club One INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 10 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Maryland 836 since 1982 · 110 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Maryland 34 landing places
- Maryland 2,347 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/2W5.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 28, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.