Mid Atlantic Soaring Center Airport
W73 · Fairfield, Pennsylvania · Adams County · map
Mid Atlantic Soaring Center Airport is a public-use airport owned by Mid-Atlantic Soaring Assoc., 2 miles southeast of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, 573 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,700 feet of asphalt.
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What is the airport code for Mid Atlantic Soaring Center Airport?
Its FAA code is W73.
Where is Mid Atlantic Soaring Center Airport?
It is 2 miles southeast of Fairfield, Pennsylvania, 573 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Mid Atlantic Soaring Center Airport?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 2,700 feet long, asphalt.
Does Mid Atlantic Soaring Center Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mid Atlantic Soaring Center Airport?
12 pilot examiners and 25 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 Mid Atlantic Soaring Center Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W73
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Mid-Atlantic Soaring Assoc.
- Elevation
- 573 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- weekends, daylight hours; unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 2,700 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 15: trees 84 ft high 370 ft from the end
- Runway 33: right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 900 ft, trees 60 ft high 1,022 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.3 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Carroll County Rgnl/Jack B Poage Field (18 nm southeast), Hagerstown Rgnl/Richard A Henson Field (18 nm west), Frederick Municipal (20 nm south), York Airport (24 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Gettysburg Regional (6 nm northeast), Carroll County Rgnl/Jack B Poage Field (18 nm southeast), Hagerstown Rgnl/Richard A Henson Field (18 nm west), Franklin County Regional (19 nm northwest).
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
- Extensive glider gnd and flight operations.
- Segm circ on west side of airport; 45 feet diam.
- Pattern altitude 1365' above sea level.
- Multicom 123.3 used during glider activity.
- Attnd SAT-SUN and fed holidays durg daylight hours when weather permits.
- Runway 15 has +15 feet road at runway end 125 feet L/R of centerline.
- Runway 15 not marked with thld or mag hdg.
- Runway 33 approach slope 20:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 15 closed for approach and landing. Extreme caution: all takeoffs use runway 15. All approaches and landings use runway 33. Rotorcraft air and hover taxi restricted to runway.
- Karlindo personal use airport located 1300 feet east of runways.
- Airport operations restricted, iaw tfr rules, when P-40 expanded to 10 NM radius.
- Gliders occasionally lnd on grass area adjacent to runway 15/33.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fairfield from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairfield, Pennsylvania: 10 piston singles, 2 gliders. 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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
12 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 12 for private pilot, 11 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 25 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 3 training center examiners, 7 administrative pilot examiners.
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Fairfield, PA (0 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
- Melissa Torres private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Frederick Flight Center · Frederick, MD (20 nm) · (301) 787-7441 · [email protected]
- Neal Daniel Lanning private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Frederick Flight Center · Frederick, MD (20 nm) · (240) 355-5782 · [email protected]
- Denver Allen Gillham private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Skyport Aviation · New Cumberland, PA (35 nm) · (513) 266-2607 · [email protected]
- Frederick Bernard Parow private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · New Cumber, PA (35 nm) · (717) 615-5938 · [email protected]
- Charles Epstein private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gaithersburg, MD (36 nm) · (410) 804-2402 · [email protected]
- Harry William Kraemer private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (36 nm) · (301) 520-2109 · [email protected]
- Sharif Hidayat private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Montgomery County Airpark · Gaithersburg, MD (36 nm) · (240) 876-1825 · [email protected]
All 59 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 · 6 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 Fairfield 12 aircraft · 10 piston singles, 2 gliders
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 0 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 6,181 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/W73.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 27, 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.