Freeway Airport
{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}
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{{Infobox airport
| name = Freeway Airport
| image =
| IATA =
| ICAO =
| FAA = W00
| type = Private
| owner = Freeway Airport Inc.
| operator =
| pushpin_map = USA Maryland#USA
| pushpin_mapsize =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of airport in Maryland
| pushpin_label = W00
| pushpin_label_position = bottom
| city-served = Mitchellville, Maryland
| location = 3900 Church Rd.
| elevation-f = 168
| elevation-m = 51
| website = http://freewayaviation.com/
| r1-number = 18/36
| r1-length-f = 2,420
| r1-length-m = 738
| r1-surface = Asphalt
| stat-year = 2023
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations (year ending 8/9/2023)
| stat1-data = 32,115
| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=W00|use=PU|own=PR|site=08595.*A}}, effective April 18, 2024.
}}
Freeway Airport {{airport codes|||W00}} is a privately owned airport located in Mitchellville, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It has Cessna 172s and a PA28R-200 IFR available to rent.{{Cite web|url=http://www.freewayaviation.com/aircraft-rental.html|title=Aircraft Rentals Baltimore Washington DC Piper Cessna Airplane Rentals Annapolis Bowie Maryland MD Northern VA|website=www.freewayaviation.com|accessdate=Sep 12, 2019}}
History
Freeway Airport became active in June 1961, in Prince George's County, 2 miles NW of Mitchellville, Maryland. It has maintained an active flight school operation since its founding.
Hani Hanjour, one of the hijackers involved in the events of September 11, 2001, attempted to rent an aircraft at Freeway Airport after claiming to be qualified to do so.{{cite news
|last=Fainaru
|first=Steve
|last2=Whoriskey
|first2=Peter
|title=Hijack Suspects Tried Many Flight Schools: 'Polite, Quiet' Men Stirred No Concerns
|newspaper=Washington Post
|page=A15
|date=September 19, 2001
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A52791-2001Sep18?language=printer
}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} A month before the attack, "instructors at Freeway Airport in Bowie flew with him and deemed him unfit to rent a plane by himself".{{cite news
|last=Goldstein
|first=Amy
|title=Hijackers Led By Core Group: Suspects Left Trail of Movements In U.S. Through Licenses, Rentals
|newspaper=Washington Post
|page=A01
|date=September 30, 2001
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A46892-2001Sep29¬Found=true
}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
Crashes and incidents
In February 2006, a Cessna 172 crashed at Freeway Airport due to poor visibility.{{cite news |last1=Klein |first1=Allison |last2=Harris |first2=Hamil R. |title=Two Killed as Cessna Crashes Trying to Land at Bowie Airport; Officials at Bowie Airport Say They Tried to Divert Pilot Because of Poor Visibility |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-106022.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513081932/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-106022.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 13, 2014 |accessdate=2013-11-10 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=February 23, 2006}}
On September 3, 2013, a Mooney M20 had crashed while taking off from runway 36. The three people on board were badly injured.{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Small-Plane-Crashes-in-Bowie-Freeway-Airport-Close-to-Route-50-380161601.html |title=Small Plane Crashes in Bowie, Close to Route 50 | NBC4 Washington |website=Nbcwashington.com |date=2016-05-19 |accessdate=2017-01-19}}
On September 12, 2019, a small Mooney plane (N202JB) crashed on U.S. Route 50, striking a car. Two people aboard the plane suffered minor injuries but did not seek medical attention at a hospital, and two people in the car suffered minor injuries.{{cite news |last1=Russ |first1=Jim |title=4 Hurt After Small Plane Lands On US Route 50 In Bowie |url=https://www.wbal.com/article/409676/2/4-hurt-after-small-plane-lands-on-us-route-50-in-bowie |accessdate=12 September 2019 |publisher=WBAL-AM |date=12 September 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://wtop.com/prince-georges-county/2019/09/small-plane-crash-lands-on-route-50-in-bowie-may-have-hit-car/|title=‘Incredibly lucky’: No major injuries after small plane crashes into car, lands on US 50|date=Sep 12, 2019|website=WTOP|accessdate=Sep 12, 2019}}
References
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External links
Airport WebSite: [http://www.freewayaviation.com/ Freeway Aviation]
{{US-airport-minor|W00}}
{{Airports in the Baltimore-Washington area}}
Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Prince George's County, Maryland
Category:Airports established in 1961