Salmon River Airfield

Salmon River Airfield
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 9B8
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Salmon River Airfield Associated
Operator Sandy Brown
Serves Colchester
Location  Connecticut
Elevation AMSL 540 ft / 165 m
Coordinates 41°35′22″N 72°26′32″W / 41.58944°N 72.44222°W / 41.58944; -72.44222Coordinates: 41°35′22″N 72°26′32″W / 41.58944°N 72.44222°W / 41.58944; -72.44222
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 2,000 610 Turf
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 804
Based aircraft 8

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

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]

References

  1. ↑ FAA Airport Master Record for 42B (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2010-11-18
  2. ↑ http://www.gcr1.com/5010web/airport.cfm?Site=42B
  3. ↑ http://www.airnav.com/airport/9B8


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