Elizabeth Field

For the American academic, see Elizabeth H. Field.
Elizabeth Field
IATA: FID – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 0B8
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Town of Southold
Serves Fishers Island, New York
Elevation AMSL 9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates 41°15′05″N 072°01′54″W / 41.25139°N 72.03167°W / 41.25139; -72.03167
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 2,328 710 Asphalt
7/25 1,792 546 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 2,125
Based aircraft 6

Elizabeth Field (IATA: FID, FAA LID: 0B8) is a public use airport located on Fishers Island, in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is owned by the Town of Southold.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009-2013, Elizabeth Field is classified as a general aviation airport.[2]

Located on the western end of Fishers Island, the airfield saw military use during World War II as part of Fort H. G. Wright.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Elizabeth Field covers an area of 122 acres (49 ha) at an elevation of 9 feet (3 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 12/30 is 2,328 by 100 feet (710 x 30 m) and 7/25 is 1,792 by 75 feet (546 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 27, 2007, the airport had 2,125 aircraft operations, an average of 177 per month: 52% air taxi, 47% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 6 aircraft based at this airport: 67% single-engine and 33% multi-engine.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for 0B8 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-08-27.
  2. ↑ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2009-2013
  3. ↑ "Fort H. G. Wright". New York State Military Museum. NYS Division of Military and Naval Affairs.

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