Baublitz Commercial Airport

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Baublitz Commercial Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Serves Brogue, Pennsylvania
Elevation  AMSL 750 ft / 229 m
Coordinates 39°51′8.365″N76°29′10.872″W / 39.85232361°N 76.48635333°W / 39.85232361; -76.48635333
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9W8
Location of Baublitz Commercial Airport in Pennsylvania
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9W8
9W8 (the United States)
Baublitz Commercial Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
10/282,493760Turf
Source: FAA [1]

Baublitz Commercial Airport( FAA LID : 9W8) is a public-use general aviation airport located 1 mile South of Brogue, Pennsylvania. [1] The airport opened in 1958, but only became public-use in the 1970s. [2]

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Incidents

In November of 2019, a 1946 Luscombe aircraft crashed in a field 0.5 miles away from the airport. The owner of the plane – who was uninjured in the crash – disappeared shortly thereafter, although the owner of the plane was later identified by the FAA. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "9W8 Baublitz Commercial". nfdc.faa.gov. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 Argento, Mike (22 November 2019). "A small plane crashed. Then, the pilot disappeared". York Daily Record. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  3. VerHeist, Megan (25 November 2019). "Pilot In Pennsylvania Plane Crash 'Nowhere To Be Found': Report". Bel Air, MD Patch. Retrieved 21 October 2021.