Friday Harbor Airport

Friday Harbor Airport (IATA: FRD, ICAO: KFHR, FAA LID: FHR) is a public use airport located just southwest of the town center of Friday Harbor on San Juan Island in the U.S. state of Washington. It is owned by the Port of Friday Harbor.[1] Friday Harbor is also the default airport of Microsoft Flight Simulator X, although Aircraft spawn in the air above the airport and must land there first.

Friday Harbor Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerPort of Friday Harbor
ServesFriday Harbor, Washington
Elevation AMSL113 ft / 34 m
Coordinates48°31′19″N 123°01′28″W
Websitehttps://www.portfridayharbor.org/
Map
FHR
Location of airport in Washington, United States
FHR
FHR (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 3,402 1,037 Asphalt
Statistics
Passenger volume (12 months ending February 2020)23,000
Scheduled Flights2,801
Aircraft operations (2016)44,840
Based aircraft (2020)151

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FHR by the FAA and FRD by the IATA.[3]

It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2019–2023, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[4]

Facilities and aircraft
Beechcraft Model 18 carrying freight to Friday Harbor from the Washington mainland

Friday Harbor Airport covers an area of 145 acres (59 ha) which contains one runway (16/34) with a 3,402 x 75 ft (1,037 x 23 m) asphalt pavement. In 2016, the airport had 44,840 aircraft operations, an average of 123 per day: 72% general aviation and 29% air taxi. In May 2020, there were 151 aircraft based at this airport: 138 single-engine,7 multi-engine, and 6 helicopter.[1]

Airlines and destinations

Passenger
AirlinesDestinations
Kenmore Air Seattle–Boeing, Eastsound
San Juan Airlines Anacortes, Bellingham, Eastsound, Everett, Lopez Island

Cargo operations
AirlinesDestinations
FedEx Feeder Seattle/Tacoma

Statistics

Carrier shares
Carrier shares: (March 2019 – February 2020)[2]
Carrier Passengers (arriving and departing)
Kenmore Air
19,370(85.2%)
San Juan Airlines
3,370(14.8%)

Top destinations
Busiest domestic routes from ATW (March 2019 – February 2020)[2]
Rank Airport Passengers Carriers
1 Seattle–Boeing, Washington 6,580 Kenmore
2 Eastsound, Washington 3,280 Kenmore, San Juan
3 Renton, Washington 1,650 N/A

References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for FHR (Form 5010 PDF), effective May 21, 2020
  2. "Friday Harbor (FHR) Summary Statistics". Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  3. Great Circle Mapper: FRD / KFHR - Friday Harbor, Washington
  4. "NPIAS Report 2019-2023 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 3, 2018. p. 106. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 12, 2018. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
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