Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 302 ft / 92 m Code BBX Phone +1 215-646-0400 | Operator flyADVANCED Website www.WingsField.com Elevation 92 m Serves Philadelphia | |
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Owner Wings Field Preservation Assoc. Location Blue Bell, Pennsylvania Address 1501 Narcissa Rd, Blue Bell, PA 19422, USA Similar flyADVAN, Northeast Philadelp Airport, Perkiomen Valley Airport, Doylesto Airport, Merck/up Gwynedd Profiles | ||
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Wings Field (IATA: BBX, ICAO: KLOM, FAA LID: LOM) is a general aviation airport in Blue Bell, in Whitpain Township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and serves the western and northern Philadelphia suburbs. The airport was founded in 1930 and is about three miles (5 km) northwest of Philadelphia.
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History
In May 1930, John Story Smith and Jack Bartow Founded "Wings Port". On 24 April 1932, The Philadelphia Aviation Country Club was founded at the field. The country club was the location of meetings of members that eventually founded the worldwide Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association in 1939.
In 2011, investor and aviation business owner Regis de Ramel was awarded the contract to manage all operations of Wings Field through his company flyADVANCED. The field currently provides flight lessons, flight charters, fuel, hangar space and aircraft management for light jet and prop aircraft.
Facilities
Wings Field covers 217 acres (88 ha) and has one asphalt runway, 6/24, 3,700 x 75 ft (1,128 x 23 m). In the year ending December 31, 2014, the airport had approximately 36,500 aircraft operations, an average of 100 per day: 83% general aviation, 17% air taxi and <1% military. 111 aircraft are based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, <1% jet and <1% helicopter.
Road
Wings Field has road access from the Plymouth Meeting interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike I-276.
Rental car
Rental cars are available on-site through Enterprise; a crew car is also available for commercial pilots on a first-come, first-served basis for short-term use.
Past airlines
Wings Airways was a commuter airline based at Wings Field. Its main route was the short hop to Philadelphia International Airport, a flight of less than 15 minutes. From the late 1970s to the late 1980s Wings Airways operated a shuttle between Wings Field and PHL with up to 22 round trip flights on weekdays and flew nonstop to New York City JFK Airport at one point. The airline used Britten-Norman Islanders, Britten-Norman Trislanders and de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otters.