Point Roberts Airpark
| Point Roberts Airpark | |||
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| The Airpark's runway (left) | |||
| IATA: none – ICAO: 1RL – FAA LID: 1RL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner/Operator | Robin Lamb | ||
| Serves | Point Roberts, Washington | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 10 ft / 3 m | ||
| Coordinates | 48°58′47.0″N 123°04′44.0″W / 48.97972°N 123.07889°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 16/34 | 2,400 | 690 | Turf |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 200 | ||
| Sources: FAA[1] | |||
Point Roberts Airpark (FAA LID: 1RL) is a single-runway airport located in the town of Point Roberts, Washington. The airport, along with the marina, provide the only access to the rest of Washington state without first having to pass through British Columbia.
In 2000,[2] a new five-plane hangar was built. It also features several couches and serves as a makeshift waiting room.[3]
[edit] History
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Point Roberts Airpark was originally started by Ray Young. Ray was a cartoonist at Buena Vista Studios. He had a life long interest in flying and moving to the Pacific Northwest. In 1967 he purchased a parcel of land in Point Roberts and started an air strip called Ray Young Field. He moved to Point Roberts with his wife Uvon in 1972. Later on he bought more land and extended the runway to its current length. Ray died in 1985. His wife, Uvon Young, lived in the family home for the next five years but gradually nature reclaimed the land and she closed the runway and put the land up for sale in 1990. In 1996, she sold it to the current owner, Robin Lamb.
In the 1996-1998 period, using a 1955 Galion grader and a 1956 International TD-91 bulldozer, the airstrip was made usable again. The bulldozer cleared the trees and the grader put a 3-foot (0.91 m) crown on the runway and cleared the 8 acres (32,000 m2) of the parking/airpark area.
In November 1998 the runway was seeded to a low maintenance turf. In the intervening years, except for mowing, the runway has needed no further maintenance and is used year round. The plans for the future include hangar homes and more hangar space. A GPS approach and customs clearance is being worked on.
The owner is a retired Air Canada Captain with 22,000 hours plus in the air.[2][4]
[edit] References
- ^ FAA Airport Master Record for 1RL (Form 5010 PDF)
- ^ a b "Parcel 405309 534540 0000 Appeals/Permits/Sales". Whatcom County Assessors Office. http://www.whatcomcounty.us/cgibin/db2www/assessor/search/RPSearch.ndt/salesPermitsAppeals?prcNum=4053095345400000&browserID=C06F4F89&page=2&rcdcnt=35&selString=null&byName=N&tr=. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ Lamb, Robin. "PRAP Features". Archived from the original on 2006-04-23. http://web.archive.org/web/20060423152429/http://www.prairpark.com/facilities/index.html. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ Relyea, Kie (2005-05-22). "Get to the Point". The Bellingham Herald (The McClatchy Company). http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BEHB&s_site=bellinghamherald&f_site=bellinghamherald&f_sitename=Bellingham+Herald%2C+The+%28WA%29&p_multi=BEHB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10A4CF6931DED123&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2009-09-06. "...boasts Robin Lamb, a nine-year resident and owner of Point Roberts Airpark."
[edit] External links
- Point Roberts Airpark Official Website
- WSDOT page about the Airpark
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for 1RL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1RL
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