41°42′27″N 073°44′17″W / 41.70750°N 73.73806°W / 41.70750; -73.73806

Sky Acres Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerSky Acres Enterprises, Inc.
ServesMillbrook, New York
Elevation AMSL698 ft / 213 m
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44N is located in New York
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Location of airport in New York
44N is located in the United States
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44N (the United States)
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 3,830 1,167 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations48,300
Based aircraft95

Sky Acres Airport (FAA LID: 44N) is a public-use airport located six miles (10 km) southwest of the central business district of Millbrook, a village in Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is privately owned by Sky Acres Enterprises, Inc.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

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Sky Acres Airport covers an area of 205 acres (83 ha) and contains one runway designated 17/35 with a 3,830 x 60 ft (1,167 x 18 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending September 15, 2005, the airport had 48,300 aircraft operations, an average of 132 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. There are 95 aircraft based at this airport: 82% single-engine and 18% multi-engine.[1]

Accidents

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On August 17, 2019, a Cessna 303 plane that was descending into the airport crashed into a private home resulting in the death of the pilot, Francisco Knipping Diaz, a Dominican American attorney from Manhattan and local homeowner Gerard "Jerry" Bocker.[2]

See also

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