Salmon River Airfield

Summary

Salmon River Airfield (FAA LID: 9B8) is an American airport located in Colchester, Connecticut, United States.[2]

Salmon River Airfield
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerSalmon River Airfield Associated
OperatorSandy Brown
ServesColchester
Location Connecticut
Elevation AMSL540 ft / 165 m
Coordinates41°35′22″N 72°26′32″W / 41.58944°N 72.44222°W / 41.58944; -72.44222
Map
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 2,000 610 Turf
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations804
Based aircraft8

Facilities and Aircraft edit

Salmon River Airfield is situated 3 miles south of the central business district, and contains one runway. The runway, 17/35, is turf measuring 2,000 x 60 ft (610 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 1, 2008, the airport had 804 aircraft operations, an average of 67 per month: 62% local general aviation, and 38% transient general aviation. At that time there were 8 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine and 13% helicopter.[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for 42B PDF, effective 2010-11-18
  2. ^ "AirportIQ 5010". www.gcr1.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-19.
  3. ^ "AirNav: 9B8 - Salmon River Airfield".

External links edit

  • Resources for this airport:
    • FAA airport information for 9B8
    • AirNav airport information for 9B8
    • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
    • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 9B8