Newton Airport | |
Faa: | 3N5 |
Type: | Public use |
Owner: | RRL Group |
Operator: | Stella Jump |
City-Served: | Newton, New Jersey |
Location: | Sussex County, New Jersey |
Elevation-F: | 620 |
Elevation-M: | 189 |
Mapframe: | yes |
R1-Number: | 6/24 |
R1-Length-F: | 2,546 |
R1-Length-M: | 776 |
R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
Stat-Year: | 2008 |
Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
Stat1-Data: | 10,705 |
Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
Stat2-Data: | 18 |
Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Coordinates: | 41.0272°N -74.7586°W |
Newton Airport was a privately owned, public-use airport three miles south of Newton, in Sussex County, New Jersey. It closed in 2013, after it was purchased for $3.5M by Public Service Electric & Gas Company to be used to stage electrical power equipment used in constructing new transmission lines.[2] FAA removed it from the A/FD and listed it as closed in the June 27, 2013 edition.[3]
Newton Airport covered 90acres; its asphalt runway was 6/24 2,546 x 45 ft. In 2008 the airport had 10,695 general aviation operations. 18 aircraft were then based at this airport: 56% ultralight, 39% single-engine and 6% helicopter.