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Corning–Painted Post Airport

Coordinates: 42°10′48″N 077°07′18″W / 42.18000°N 77.12167°W / 42.18000; -77.12167
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Corning-Painted Post Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTown of Erwin IDA
ServesCorning, New York
LocationPainted Post, New York
Elevation AMSL963 ft / 294 m
Coordinates42°10′48″N 077°07′18″W / 42.18000°N 77.12167°W / 42.18000; -77.12167
Websitehttp://erwinny.org/teidadept.html
Map
7N1 is located in New York
7N1
7N1
Location of airport in New York
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 3,269 996 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations9,025
Based aircraft28

Corning–Painted Post Airport (FAA LID: 7N1) is a public use airport in Steuben County, New York, United States.[1] It is located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Corning.[1] The airport is owned by the Town of Erwin[1] and located near Painted Post, New York. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

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Corning–Painted Post Airport covers an area of 76 acres (31 ha) at an elevation of 963 feet (294 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,269 by 75 feet (996 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 19, 2012, the airport had 9,025 aircraft operations, an average of 24 per day: 99.7% general aviation and 0.3% air taxi. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single-engine and 4% helicopter.[1]

One of the local operators is the Costa Flying Service, owing its name to Joseph Costa, a local pilot that attempted to cross the Atlantic in 1936, via Brazil. In the 1940s it was called "Costa's Airport".[3] His son, Joseph R. Costa is currently the airport's manager.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f FAA Airport Form 5010 for 7N1 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  3. ^ THE EVENING LEADER CORNING NY 1947-03-31, p3
  4. ^ "Corning-painted Post - Airport Facilities, New York, Corning". Archived from the original on 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2013-09-16.
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