Ellington Airport (Connecticut)

Ellington Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 7B9
Summary
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 / 41.92556; -72.45722Coordinates: 41°55′32″N 072°27′26″W / 41.92556°N 72.45722°W / 41.92556; -72.45722
Website EllingtonAirport.com
Map
7B9

Location of airport in Connecticut

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 1,800 549 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 29,120
Based aircraft 34

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]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for 7B9 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "THE VIEW FROM: ELLINGTON; Town Fights to Limit Visitors From Above". The New York Times. July 19, 1989.

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