Whitford's Airport

Whitford's Airport is a public use airport in Cayuga County, New York, United States. It is owned by John Whitford and is located two nautical miles (3.74 km) northeast of the central business district of the Village of Weedsport.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, it is categorized as a reliever airport.[2]

Whitford's Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerJohn Whitford
ServesWeedsport, New York
Elevation AMSL400 ft / 122 m
Coordinates43°04′48.99″N 076°32′18.15″W
Map
B16
Location of airport in New York / United States
B16
B16 (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 3,630 1,106 Asphalt
E/W 2,800 853 Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations6,104
Based aircraft32

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned B16 by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Whitford's Airport covers an area of 120 acres (49 ha) at an elevation of 400 feet (122 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways designated 10/28, with an asphalt surface measuring 3,630 by 60 feet (1,106 x 18 m) and E/W, with a turf surface measuring 2,800 by 100 feet (853 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 9, 2006, the airport had 6,104 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% military and a few ultralights. At that time there were 32 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single-engine, 3% multi-engine and 13% ultralights.[1]

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References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for B16 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-08-27.
  2. FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
  3. "B16 - Weedsport, New York - Whitford's Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
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