Laurel Airport (Delaware)

Laurel Airport (FAA LID: N06) is a public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) southwest of the central business district of Laurel, a city in Sussex County, Delaware, United States. It is privately owned by Dest Inc.[1]

Laurel Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerDest Inc.
ServesLaurel, Delaware
Time zoneUTC−05:00 (-5)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−04:00 (-4)
Elevation AMSL30 ft / 9 m
Coordinates38°32′32″N 075°35′40″W / 38.54222°N 75.59444°W / 38.54222; -75.59444
Map
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
15/33 3,175 968 Turf
Statistics (2018)
Aircraft operations7,750

It is currently referred to as Laurel Airport by both the Federal Aviation Administration[1] and Delaware Department of Transportation.[2] However, it had been renamed Western Sussex Airport-Booth Field by a prior owner known as Aerospace House Inc.[3]

Facilities and aircraft edit

Laurel Airport covers an area of 88 acres (36 ha) at an elevation of 30 feet (9 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 15/33, with a turf surface measuring 3,175 by 270 ft (968 x 82 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2018, the airport had 7,750 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 21 per day. For the same time period, there are 7 aircraft based at the airport, all single-engine airplanes.[1][4]

The airport also offers a skydiving program, Skydive Delmarva.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for N06 PDF, effective 2009-05-07.
  2. ^ "Delaware Department of Transportation: Airport Directory". Archived from the original on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  3. ^ Old FAA data for airport under prior name and owner
  4. ^ "AirNav: N06 - Laurel Airport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2023-05-17.

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