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]
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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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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 edit
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 edit
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- 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