Kentmorr Airpark

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Kentmorr Airpark
Summary
OperatorJohn McCarthy
Serves Stevensville, Maryland
Built1945 [1]
Coordinates 38°55′05″N76°21′32″W / 38.91797°N 76.35877°W / 38.91797; -76.35877 Coordinates: 38°55′05″N76°21′32″W / 38.91797°N 76.35877°W / 38.91797; -76.35877
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
10-282,400732turf

( ICAO : K3W3, FAA LID : 3W3) is an airport located five miles south of Stevensville, Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay. [2]

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History

The airport was founded by Nathan "Bill" Morris on a potato patch located on Kent Island. He built a hangar with a small single family home above, creating one of the first hangar-homes in the country. Morris was one of the world's oldest active pilots later in life flying at 98 years of age. [3] The residential airpark is lined with 14 homes that share access to the grass runway. [4]

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References

  1. John R. Breihan. Maryland Aviation. p. 22.
  2. Flying Magazine: 91. May 1948.Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Bill Morris dies at 98" . Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  4. Amy Laboda. "Living with the Love of your Life". AOPA Pilot: 68.