Muskeget Island Airport (FAA LID: MA55) is a small privately owned turf landing strip 1100' in length x 25' in width (335m x 8m) located on Muskeget Island in the town of Nantucket.[1] It is barely maintained and mostly overgrown, and although technically reserved for emergency use only, pilots using STOL aircraft will occasionally attempt to land there.[2]
Muskeget Island Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Operator | Donald Little, Crocker Snow Jr., and Patricia Moseley; Town of Nantucket | ||||||||||
| Location | Muskeget Island | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 6 ft / 2 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°20′5.44″N 70°17′58.07″W / 41.3348444°N 70.2994639°W | ||||||||||
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  MA55 Location of airport in Massachusetts | |||||||||||
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The airport, along with two-thirds of the island, are owned by retired reporter Crocker Snow Jr., whose father built the airstrip.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Muskeget Island". Aeronautical Information Services. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Loss of Control on Ground: Maule MX-7-180A Sportplane, N1052T; accident occurred October 21, 2019 at Muskeget Island Airport (MA55), Ipswich, Massachusetts". Kathryn's Report. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Cocuzzo, Robert (22 May 2020). "THE AVIATOR". Nantucket Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
External links
edit- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MA55
- AirNav airport information for MA55
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for MA55