Salmon River Airfield

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Salmon River Airfield
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerSalmon River Airfield Associated
OperatorSandy Brown
Serves Colchester
LocationFlag of Connecticut.svg  Connecticut
Elevation  AMSL 540 ft / 165 m
Coordinates 41°35′22″N72°26′32″W / 41.58944°N 72.44222°W / 41.58944; -72.44222 Coordinates: 41°35′22″N72°26′32″W / 41.58944°N 72.44222°W / 41.58944; -72.44222
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Salmon River Airfield
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
17/352,000610Turf
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations804
Based aircraft8

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

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Facilities and Aircraft

Salmon River Airfield is situated 3 miles south of the central business district, and contains one runway. The longest 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]

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References

  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".