Henderson Aviation Airport

Henderson Aviation Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 0N6
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Emad Albanna
Serves Felton, Delaware
Elevation AMSL 50 ft / 15 m
Coordinates 39°00′46″N 075°32′02″W / 39.01278°N 75.53389°W / 39.01278; -75.53389
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 2,048 624 Turf
Statistics (2002)
Aircraft operations 1,800

Henderson Aviation Airport (FAA LID: 0N6) is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Felton, a town in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by Emad Albanna.[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Henderson Aviation Airport founded by David O Henderson covers an area of 86 acres (35 ha) at an elevation of 50 feet (15 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33 with a turf surface measuring 2,048 by 40 feet (624 x 12 m). For the 12-month period ending May 21, 2002, the airport had 1,800 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 150 per month.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for 0N6 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-05-07.

Visitors to Henderson Airport included Patty Wagstaff, Clint McHenry, Gen David McCloud, Prince and Princess of Thailand.

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Over a period of 15 years David Henderson restored over 135 Piper J3 Cubs at this facility and built 4 experimental aircraft. They hosted a training program for Thai military members and trained over 125 service members rotating about 10 at a time. Restored the first aircraft to fly in Thailand building most of the airplane from scratch. The airports demise was a house placed at the end of the runway against all FAA rules that the State and FAA refused to enforce. Dave Henderson ultimately rewrote the Delaware Aviation code section on Structures around airports, and it was adopted by the State of Delaware. To this day Henderson has never been recognized for his contributions to Aviation in Delaware.

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