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Newport State Airport (Rhode Island)

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Newport State Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerRhode Island Airport Corp.
ServesNewport, Rhode Island
LocationMiddletown, Rhode Island
Elevation AMSL172 ft / 52 m
Coordinates41°31′57″N 071°16′54″W / 41.53250°N 71.28167°W / 41.53250; -71.28167
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 2,999 914 Asphalt
16/34 2,623 799 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations25,853
Based aircraft43

Newport State Airport (IATA: NPT, ICAO: KUUU, FAA LID: UUU) is a public use airport in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. It serves the city of Newport and is located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of its central business district.[1] There is no scheduled airline service available, but it once was served by Air New England.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Newport State Airport is assigned UUU by the FAA and NPT by the IATA (which assigned UUU to Manumu, Papua-New Guinea).[2][3]

Newport State Airport is one of six active airports operated by the Rhode Island Airport Corporation, the other five being T.F. Green State Airport, North Central State Airport, Westerly State Airport, Quonset State Airport, and Block Island State Airport.

History

At the turn of the 20th Century the site was home to Aquidneck Park, a horse racing track. Wealthy summer residents such as William K Vandebilt, John Jacob Astor and I Townsend Burden would occasionally race automobiles of various types there.

The airport site was acquired by the state in July 1960, and construction of the runways and taxiways was completed by September 1967. At least one runway was operational by July 1964, when the first aircraft accident at the Newport airport (a gear-up landing) was documented by the National Transportation Safety Board. The first fatal accident at Newport State Airport was a mid-air collision between two general aviation aircraft on April 23, 1969.

Facilities and aircraft

Newport State Airport covers an area of 221 acres (89 ha) at an elevation of 172 feet (52 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 is 2,999 by 75 feet (914 x 23 m) and 16/34 is 2,623 by 75 feet (799 x 23 m).[1]

Airlines

For the 12-month period ending June 30, 2008, the airport had 25,853 aircraft operations, an average of 70 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 9% multi-engine and 2% helicopter.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for UUU PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
  2. ^ Great Circle Mapper: KUUU / NPT - Newport, Rhode Island (Newport State Airport)
  3. ^ Great Circle Mapper: UUU - Manumu, Papua-New Guinea

External links

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