Airway Heights Information: Tickets, Venues, Events and More

The city of ‘Airway Heights’ is located in Spokane Country, Washington, United States. The name of the city was derived from the Fairchild Air Force Base and Spokane International Airport that are located in the premises of the city. It was officially incorporated on June 28, in the year 1955.

The city was responsible for casting 63.31 % of its votes for the Republican George W. Bush in the year 2004.

The inauguration of the Airway Heights Correction Center has immensely contributed in the growth of the city in a very big way. It was inaugurated in the year 1992. Northern Quest Casino on the other hand is not to be left behind as it too has contributed in a major way in the growth of the city as well.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.9 square miles (12.6 km²), all of it land.

According to the census that was held in the year 2000, there were 4,500 people, 958 households and 656 families residing in the city. The population density was 923.0 people per square mile (356.0/km²). There were 1,095 housing units at an average density of 224.6/sq mi (86.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 69.51% White, 10.47% African American, 3.20% Native American, 1.84% Asian, 0.38% Pacific Islander, 1.56% from other races and 3.11% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 9.93% of the population.

There were 958 households out of which 40.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% were married couples living together, 18.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 31.5% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.55 and the average family size was 3.02.

Northern Quest Casino is one of the famous venues of the city.