Terminal Procedures

KAQW — Harriman-And-West

NORTH ADAMS, MA · 4 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026

FAA AQWElevation 653 ft1 runwayLongest 4,300 ftNon-toweredFuel 100LL avgas, Jet AVolume NE-1Not for navigation

2 published instrument approaches: 2 RNAV (GPS).

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Instrument approach procedures

ChartAmendment
RNAV (GPS)-A chart previewRNAV (GPS)-A0PDF
RNAV (GPS)-B chart previewRNAV (GPS)-B0PDF

Takeoff and alternate minimums

ChartAmendment
TAKEOFF MINIMUMS chart previewTAKEOFF MINIMUMSPDF
ALTERNATE MINIMUMS chart previewALTERNATE MINIMUMSPDF

Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.

KAQW airport information

Control tower
No
Attendance
All all ireg
ARTCC
Boston Center
Flight service
Burlington
NOTAM facility
AQW (NOTAM-D available)
Magnetic variation
14W
Beacon
White-green (lighted land airport), sunset to sunrise
Wind indicator
Lighted
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A
Airframe service
Major
Powerplant service
Major
Bottled oxygen
High
Parking
Tie-downs
Landing fee
Yes
Customs
Landing rights airport
Activated
October 1944
Airport area
130 acres
Ownership
Publicly owned
Sectional
New York
Last FAA inspection
2025-07-17

From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.

KAQW radio frequencies

ServiceFrequencyCall sign
CTAF122.8
Approach132.825Albany

Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.

Runways

4,300 × 100 ft1129N1,000 ft
Runway layout at KAQW, drawn to scale from FAA published runway-end coordinates and true alignments. Runways served by an ILS are highlighted.
RunwayLengthWidth SurfaceLighting
11/294,300 ft100 ftAsphalt ExcellentMedium intensity
  11 97°Tdisplaced threshold 500 ft
  29 277°Tdisplaced threshold 100 ft · right-hand circuit

Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.

Where KAQW is

Latitude, longitude42.6962540, -73.1705530
Elevation653 ft
From North Adams3 nm W

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FAA remarks for KAQW

  • FILED FOR RECORD PURPOSES ONLY.
  • MT RANGES 9100 FT N AT ELEV 1894 FT; 4300 FT N AT ELEV 2254 FT; 10800 FT S AT ELEV 2951 FT; 12800 FT S AT ELEV 2690 FT.
  • ACTVT MIRL RWY 11/29 - CTAF.
  • CTC AMGR FOR LNDG FEES.
  • APCH RATIO 20:1 TO DTHR.
  • EXTSV GLDR OPS DAWN-DUSK SFC-18000 FT YEAR ROUND; PRIMARILY WKENDS & HOLS.
  • RWY 29 RIGHT TFC FOR PWRD ACFT. RWY 29 LEFT TFC FOR GLD AND TOW PLANE.
  • WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT.
  • FOR CD CTC ALBANY APCH AT 518-862-2299.
  • TWY A2 REMOVED.
  • PILOTS LDG ON RWY 29 ARE ENCOURAGED TO AVOID LOW APCHS, IF SAFE TO DO SO, OVR THE RES NBRHD JUST E OF THE ARPT.
  • RWY 11 LEFT TFC FOR PWRD ACFT. RWY 11 RIGHT TFC FOR GLD AND TOW PLANE.

Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.

Airports near KAQW

IDAirportCity DistanceCharts
KDDHWilliam H Morse StateBENNINGTON, VT12 nm N3
KPSFPittsfield MuniPITTSFIELD, MA17 nm S5
KALBAlbany IntlALBANY, NY28 nm W16
0B5Turners FallsMONTAGUE, MA29 nm E2
4B0South AlbanySOUTH BETHLEHEM, NY30 nm W3
KGBRGreat BarringtonGREAT BARRINGTON, MA32 nm S3
7B2NorthamptonNORTHAMPTON, MA33 nm SE3
1B1Columbia CountyHUDSON, NY34 nm SW3

VFR charts covering KAQW

Common questions about KAQW

What charts are available for KAQW?

4 current FAA charts for Harriman-And-West, including 2 instrument approachs. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.

What are the radio frequencies for KAQW?

CTAF 122.8. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.

How long is the runway at KAQW?

Harriman-And-West has 1 runway. The longest is 11/29 at 4,300 ft by 100 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.

Does KAQW have an ILS approach?

No ILS is published. In total KAQW has 2 published instrument approaches, of which 2 are RNAV (GPS).

Is KAQW a towered airport?

No — Harriman-And-West has no control tower. Traffic co-ordinates on a common frequency rather than with a controller, which is listed in the frequencies table on this page.

Are these KAQW charts current?

They are from the FAA cycle effective 6 August 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. We publish each new cycle on its effective date. They are for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.

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