Laurel Airport (Delaware) Explained

Laurel Airport
Faa:N06
Type:Public
Owner:Dest Inc.
City-Served:Laurel, Delaware
Elevation-F:30
Elevation-M:9
Coordinates:38.5422°N -75.5944°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:9
R1-Number:15/33
R1-Length-F:3,175
R1-Length-M:968
R1-Surface:Turf
Stat-Year:2022
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:4,100
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]
Utc:-5
Utcs:-4

Laurel Airport is a public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Laurel, a city in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by Dest Inc.

It is currently referred to as Laurel Airport by both the Federal Aviation Administration and Delaware Department of Transportation.[2] However, it had been renamed Western Sussex Airport-Booth Field by a prior owner known as Aerospace House Inc.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Laurel Airport covers an area of 88acres at an elevation of 30 feet (9 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33, with a turf surface measuring 3,175 by 270 ft (968 x 82 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2022, the airport had 4,100 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 79 per week. At that time, there were 7 aircraft based at the airport, all single-engine airplanes.[4]

The airport also offers a skydiving program, Skydive Delmarva.

See also

References

  1. , effective June 13, 2024.
  2. Web site: Delaware Department of Transportation: Airport Directory . 2009-06-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090612225342/http://www.deldot.gov/information/community_programs_and_services/airports/ . 2009-06-12 . dead .
  3. http://airports.aircraftdata.net/airport/02978_-A/WESTERN-SUSSEX-BOOTH-FIELD.aspx Old FAA data for airport under prior name and owner
  4. Web site: AirNav: N06 - Laurel Airport . 2023-05-17 . www.airnav.com.

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