Chapin Field

Chapin Field
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 1B8
Summary
Airport type	Public use
Owner	Dean Chapin
Serves	Cambridge, New York
Elevation AMSL	508 ft / 155 m
Coordinates	43°03′10″N 073°21′47″W / 43.05278°N 73.36306°W / 43.05278; -73.36306Coordinates: 43°03′10″N 073°21′47″W / 43.05278°N 73.36306°W / 43.05278; -73.36306
Map
1B8 Location of airport in New York
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 2,130 649 Turf 7/25 2,100 640 Turf
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 1,400 Based aircraft 21
Sources: FAA[1] and NYSDOT[2]

Chapin Field (FAA LID: 1B8) is a privately owned, public use airport in Washington County, New York, United States.^[1][2] It is located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Cambridge,^[1] a village in the Town of Cambridge.

Facilities and aircraft

Chapin Field covers an area of 14 acres (6 ha) at an elevation of 508 feet (155 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways with turf surfaces: 5/23 is 2,130 by 65 feet (649 x 20 m) and 7/25 is 2,100 by 63 feet (640 x 19 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 2, 2012, the airport had 1,400 aircraft operations, an average of 116 per month: 93% general aviation and 7% military. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 58% multi-engine.^[1]

References

1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for 1B8 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
2. 1 2 "Chapin Field (1B8)" (PDF). Airport Directory. New York State Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 14, 2013. 

External links

• Aerial image as of May 1994 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for 1B8
  • AirNav airport information for 1B8
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1B8