Puckett Gliderport

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Puckett Gliderport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerBenton and Janice Poore, Jr.
Serves Eagleville, Tennessee
Elevation  AMSL 780 ft / 238 m
Coordinates 35°41′22″N086°36′54″W / 35.68944°N 86.61500°W / 35.68944; -86.61500
Map
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50M
Location of airport in Tennessee
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50M
50M (the United States)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
14/322,200671Turf
Statistics (2021)
Aircraft operations (year ending 6/30/2021)1,100
Based aircraft4

Puckett Gliderport( FAA LID : 50M) is a privately owned public-use glider airport in Bedford County, Tennessee, United States. It is located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) southeast of the central business district of Eagleville, Tennessee. [1]

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Facilities and aircraft

Puckett Gliderport covers an area of 15 acres (6 ha) at an elevation of 780 feet (238 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 14/32 with a turf surface measuring 2,200 by 145 feet (671 x 44 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2021, the airport had 1,100 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 21 per week. At that time there were 4 aircraft based at this airport: all single-engine. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 50M PDF . Federal Aviation Administration. effective 28 December 2023.