Greenwood Lake Airport Explained

Greenwood Lake Airport
Faa:4N1
Type:Public
Owner:New Jersey Department of Transportation
City-Served:West Milford, New Jersey
Location:Passaic County
Elevation-F:790
Coordinates:41.1283°N -74.3467°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:10
Mapframe-Wikidata:yes
R1-Number:6/24
R1-Length-F:3,471
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2010
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:18,099
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:64
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Greenwood Lake Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of West Milford, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The airport is owned by New Jersey Department of Transportation. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

An old Lockheed Constellation sits on the ramp. This aircraft is no longer flyable, and has been built into part of the terminal building and houses an office for Sky Training LLC.

Facilities and aircraft

Greenwood Lake Airport covers an area of 150 acres (61 ha) at an elevation of 790 feet (241 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,471 by 60 feet (1,058 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending March 25, 2010, the airport had 18,099 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day. At that time there were 64 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 2% helicopter, and 2% ultralight.

Trivia

When Jungle Habitat was opened in 1972, the on-field FBO offered aerial tours in Cessna 152 and Cessna 172 aircraft painted with tiger and leopard stripes.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121027122657/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . October 27, 2012 .

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