Chapin Field Explained

Chapin Field
Faa:1B8
Type:Public use
Owner:Dean Chapin
City-Served:Cambridge, New York
Elevation-F:508
Coordinates:43.0528°N -73.3631°W
Pushpin Map:USA New York
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in New York
Pushpin Label:1B8
Pushpin Label Position:left
R1-Number:5/23
R1-Length-F:2,130
R1-Surface:Turf
R2-Number:7/25
R2-Length-F:2,100
R2-Surface:Turf
Stat-Year:2012
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:1,400
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:21
Footnotes:Sources: FAA[1] and NYSDOT

Chapin Field is a privately owned, public use airport in Washington County, New York, United States.[2] It is located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Cambridge, a village in the Town of Cambridge.

Facilities and aircraft

Chapin Field covers an area of 14 acres (6 ha) at an elevation of 508 feet (155 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with turf surfaces: 5/23 is 2,130 by 65 feet (649 x 20 m) and 7/25 is 2,100 by 63 feet (640 x 19 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 2, 2012, the airport had 1,400 aircraft operations, an average of 116 per month: 93% general aviation and 7% military. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% multi-engine.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. Web site: Chapin Field (1B8) . https://web.archive.org/web/20181005164121/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/opdm/aviation/repository/air_dir2/Chapin.pdf . dead . October 5, 2018 . Airport Directory . . June 14, 2013 .

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