Falmouth Airpark

Falmouth Airpark (FAA LID: 5B6) is a public-use airport and residential airpark located four miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Falmouth, in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. It is privately owned by Falmouth Airpark Homeowners Association.^[1] The airport grew to superscede the Coonamessett_Airport which was located in close proximity to the Otis_Air_National_Guard_Base and closed in the 1960s. ^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Falmouth Airpark covers an area of 110 acres (45 ha) which contains one runway designated 7/25 with a 2,298 x 40 ft (700 x 12 m) asphalt pavement. For the 12-month period ending March 1, 2007, the airport had 2,118 aircraft operations, an average of 5 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% air taxi. At that time there were 52 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single-engine and 4% multi-engine.^[1]

References

1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for 5B6 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
↑ "Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: Southeastern Massachusetts". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. 29 March 2011. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

External links

Falmouth Airpark, official web site
Aerial photo of the airport in 1960 with a grass runway
Aerial photo of the airport in 1968 with a paved runway

Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 5B6
- AirNav airport information for 5B6
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 5B6

Airports in the Cape and Islands Area

Primary	Barnstable Nantucket Provincetown Martha's Vineyard

Military	Joint Base Cape Cod Otis ANGB

General aviation	Cape Cod Chatham Falmouth Katama

Private	Canapitsit Muskeget Island Tuckernuck

Heliports	Brant Point Camp Edwards Cape Cod Canal Cotuit David Libby Falmouth Hospital Fuller House Marstons Mills North Bay North Chatham Seapuit Wayne

Seaplane bases	Cuttyhunk Harbor Long Pond Marstons Mills Woods Hole

Closed	Camp Perkins NAS Chatham Clifton Coonamessett Eastham East Harwich Martha's Vineyard NAAS NAAF Hyannis NAAF Nantucket No Man's Land NA Trade Wind

Airports in Massachusetts

Primary	Boston–Logan Hanscom Field Barnstable–Boardman/Polano Nantucket Memorial New Bedford Provincetown Martha's Vineyard Worcester

Reliever	Beverly Lawrence Norwood Memorial

General	Chatham Fitchburg Gardner Great Barrington–Koladza Mansfield Marshfield–Harlow Turners Falls Harriman–West Northampton Orange Pittsfield Plymouth Southbridge Westover Minute Man Taunton–King Westfield–Barnes

Public use	Cape Cod Cranland Falmouth Hopedale Industrial Park Katama Marlboro Merrimack Valley Monponsett Pond Myricks Plum Island Spencer Sterling Tanner–Hiller

Private use	Canapitsit Lake Gardner Metropolitan Muskeget Snow Tuckernuck Ware

Military	Barnes ANGB Joint Base Cape Cod Otis ANGB Camp Edwards Heliport CGAS Cape Cod Westover ARB

Defunct	Acushnet NAAF Beverly Bowles Agawam Bolton Braintree Brockton Boston–Metropolitan NAS Chatham Clark Clifton Coonamessett Crosman USAR Center Fall River Grafton Hatfield–Pilgrim Haverhill–Dutton Haverhill–Riverside NAAF Hyannis Leicester Lowell NTS Marblehead NAAS Martha's Vineyard Moore AAF NAAF Nantucket NAAF New Bedford No Man's Land NAF Oxford Pine Hill Providence–Seekonk Revere Robbins CGAS Salem Saugus NAS South Weymouth Springfield NAS Squantum CGAS Ten Pound Island Tew-Mac Trade Wind Westboro

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