Carroll County Rgnl/Jack B Poage Field
DMW · KDMW · Westminster, Maryland · Carroll County · map
Carroll County Rgnl/Jack B Poage Field is a public-use airport owned by Carroll County Comm, 3 miles north of Westminster, Maryland, 789 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 5,100 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KDMW · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 21 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KDMW 062015Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM CLR 16/01 A3012 RMK AO2
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA DMW · ICAO KDMW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Carroll County Comm
- Elevation
- 789 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1943
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 5,100 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 72 ft high 2,415 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (TERPZ) | 125.525 | |
| Dmw and aWOS-3 | 121.25 | |
| Apt Remark 100 With Gco Freq | 121.725 | |
| Trstn and star | 126.75 | |
| Ravnn and star | 128.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 410-876-1281.
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.
Aircraft registered in Westminster from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Westminster, Maryland: 39 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 drones, 1 helicopter, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Maryland.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Airport unatndd christmas.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runways 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Pattern altitude fixed wing 810 feet, turbo prop and jet 1310 feet.
- Self serve 100LL available with credit card.
- Distance markers every 1000 feet west side of runway.
- PAPI runway 16 unusable beyond 5 degreess R of centerline.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.