Muskeget Island Airport

Muskeget Island Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorDonald Little, Crocker Snow Jr., and Patricia Moseley; Town of Nantucket
LocationMuskeget Island
Elevation AMSL6 ft / 2 m
Coordinates41°20′5.44″N 70°17′58.07″W / 41.3348444°N 70.2994639°W / 41.3348444; -70.2994639
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MA55 is located in Massachusetts
MA55
MA55
Location of airport in Massachusetts
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
NE/SW 1,100 335 Sand/Grass

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]

The airport, along with two-thirds of the island, are owned by retired reporter Crocker Snow Jr., whose father built the airstrip.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Muskeget Island". Aeronautical Information Services. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Cocuzzo, Robert (22 May 2020). "THE AVIATOR". Nantucket Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

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