Elizabeth Field (Suffolk County, New York)

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Elizabeth Field
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner Town of Southold
OperatorFishers Island Ferry District
Serves Fishers Island, New York
Elevation  AMSL 9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 41°15′05″N072°01′54″W / 41.25139°N 72.03167°W / 41.25139; -72.03167
Website www.fiferry.com/airport/
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Elizabeth Field (Suffolk County, New York)
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
12/302,328710Asphalt
7/251,792546Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations2,125
Based aircraft6

Elizabeth Field( IATA : FID, FAA LID : 0B8) is a public use airport located on Fishers Island, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is owned by the Town of Southold. [1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013, Elizabeth Field is classified as a general aviation airport. [2]

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Located on the western end of Fishers Island, the airfield saw military use during World War II as part of Fort H. G. Wright. [3]

Facilities and aircraft

Elizabeth Field covers an area of 122 acres (49 ha) at an elevation of 9 feet (3 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 is 2,328 by 100 feet (710 x 30 m) and 7/25 is 1,792 by 75 feet (546 x 23 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending September 27, 2007, the airport had 2,125 aircraft operations, an average of 177 per month: 52% air taxi, 47% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 6 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single-engine and 33% multi-engine. [1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 0B8 PDF , effective 2009-08-27.
  2. ↑ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013
  3. ↑ "Fort H. G. Wright". New York State Military Museum. NYS Division of Military and Naval Affairs.
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