Ellington Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public use | ||||||||||
| Owner | J.L.M. Assoc | ||||||||||
| Serves | Ellington, Connecticut | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 253 ft / 77 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°55′32″N 072°27′26″W / 41.92556°N 72.45722°W | ||||||||||
| Website | EllingtonAirport.com | ||||||||||
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Ellington Airport (FAA LID: 7B9) is a privately owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Ellington, a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States.[1]
The airport, which is open to the public, is one of two Connecticut airports that is state certified as a parachute jump zone. Connecticut Parachutists Inc. has its home base at the airport.[2]
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Facilities and aircraft
Ellington Airport covers an area of 15 acres (6 ha) at an elevation of 253 feet (77 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,800 by 50 feet (549 x 15 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 23, 2009, the airport had 29,120 aircraft operations, an average of 79 per day: 99.9% general aviation and 0.1% air taxi. At that time there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 59% single-engine, 23% helicopter, and 18% ultralight.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for 7B9 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
- ^ "THE VIEW FROM: ELLINGTON; Town Fights to Limit Visitors From Above". The New York Times. July 19, 1989.
External links
- Ellington Airport website
- Aerial image as of April 1990 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 7B9
- AirNav airport information for 7B9
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 7B9
This page was last edited on 13 March 2024, at 20:22