Rostraver Airport
FWQ · KFWQ · Monongahela, Pennsylvania · Westmoreland County · map
Rostraver Airport is a public-use airport owned by Westmoreland CO Arpt Auth, 5 miles east of Monongahela, Pennsylvania, 1,228 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 45 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 43,920 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Rostraver Airport?
Its FAA code is FWQ, and its ICAO code is KFWQ.
Where is Rostraver Airport?
It is 5 miles east of Monongahela, Pennsylvania, 1,228 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Rostraver Airport?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 4,002 feet long, asphalt.
Does Rostraver Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Rostraver Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive.
Are there flight schools at Rostraver Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Washington Aero Club and ABC Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Rostraver Airport?
4 pilot examiners and 21 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 Rostraver Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FWQ · ICAO KFWQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Westmoreland CO Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 1,228 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 4,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: VASI, four boxes on the right, tower 127 ft high 4,215 ft from the end
- Runway 26: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 59 ft high 2,095 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure · Class B airspace | 119.35 | |
| Fwq and aWOS-3PT | 118.475 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 724-379-5815.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, avionics, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Allegheny County (10 nm northwest), W P H S Heliport (14 nm southeast), Joseph A Hardy Connellsville Airport (17 nm southeast).
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 Pennsylvania · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08/26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - the common traffic frequency.
- Right traffic helicopters/ultralights.
- Right traffic helicopters/ultralights.
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
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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 | 40 |
| multi-engine | 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 43,920, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 900 |
| general aviation, travelling | 18,900 |
| general aviation, local | 24,000 |
| military | 120 |
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 Monongahela from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Monongahela, Pennsylvania: 2 piston singles. 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 Pennsylvania.
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:
- Washington Aero Club 2 aircraft · South Park, 10 miles away
- ABC Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · West Mifflin, 11 miles away ABC Flying Club is a flying club based at Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
- Pittsburgh Pilot Training LLC 5 aircraft · Bethel Park, 13 miles away Pittsburgh Pilot Training is a flight school located in Finleyville, Pennsylvania, offering pilot training programs from discovery flights through airline pilot career training.
- Pittsburgh Twin Shark Flight Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Bethel Park, 13 miles away High Flight Academy is an FAA Part 141 certified flight school at Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport in Butler, Pennsylvania, offering accelerated airline pilot training, recreational flight training, college degree partnerships, and variou
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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 21 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 5 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Charles Edward Sargent private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Finleyville, PA (8 nm) · (724) 513-7274 · [email protected]
- Stanley Michael Shimkus private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Irwin, PA (8 nm) · (704) 998-8430 · [email protected]
- Michael Kenneth Cahill private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Moon Township, PA (24 nm) · (412) 592-5776 · [email protected]
- Eric Carl Stormfels private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Vantage Aviation - Allegheny KAGC · Pittsburgh, PA (25 nm) · (412) 974-9334 · [email protected]
All 42 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 8 since 1982, 2 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 Monongahela 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- Washington Aero Club 2 aircraft · flying club
- ABC Flying Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Pittsburgh Pilot Training LLC 5 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 8 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 234 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Pennsylvania 118 landing places
- Pennsylvania 6,183 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/FWQ.json.
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 26, 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.