Nantucket Memorial Airport
| Nantucket Memorial Airport | |||
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | POOP | ||
| IATA code | ACK | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 15 m (49 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 3 miles southeast of Nantucket , Massachusetts | ||
| Basic data | |||
| operator | Town of Nantucket | ||
| surface | 490 ha | ||
| Flight movements |
163.810 | ||
| Runways | |||
| 06/24 | 1921 m × 46 m asphalt | ||
| 12/30 | 822 m × 15 m asphalt | ||
| 15/33 | 1219 m × 30 m asphalt | ||
The Nantucket Memorial Airport ( IATA: ACK; ICAO: KACK ) is a public airport on the south coast of the island of Nantucket in the US state of Massachusetts . The airport is operated by the municipality of Nantucket, from which it is 5 km to the southeast. It is the second most frequented airport in Massachusetts after Boston-Logan Airport.
Area and slopes
Nantucket Airport covers an area of 490 hectares with three runways :
- 06/24: 1921 × 46 m asphalt
- 12/30: 822 × 15 m asphalt
- 15/33: 1219 × 30 m asphalt
Terminals and infrastructure
In 2009 the terminal was expanded for a total of USD 28 million . The airport has eight parking spaces for the Cessna 402 from Cape Air , there are also larger parking spaces for the E190 from Jetblue Airways , the CRJ200 from US Airways and Delta Air Lines , and for the De Havilland DHC-8-200 from United Airlines .
Incidents
- On August 15, 1958, a Northeast Airlines Convair CV-240-2 ( aircraft registration number N90670 ) was flown into the ground 450 meters from the runway threshold of Nantucket Airport with a view of only 200 meters in thick fog. Of the 34 inmates, 25 were killed.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.ranker.com/list/all-massachusetts-airports/american-airports
- ↑ Accident Report CV-240 N90670 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on 26 November 2017th
- ↑ ICAO Aircraft Accident Digest 10, Circular 59-AN / 54, Montreal 1961 (English), pp. 180-188.
Airports in the US state of Massachusetts