Newport State Airport (Rhode Island)

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Newport State Airport
IATA: UUU - ICAO: KUUU
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Rhode Island Airport Corp.
Serves		Newport, Rhode Island
Elevation AMSL		172 ft (52.4 m)
Coordinates		41°31′56.78″N, 71°16′53.55″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
4/22	2,999	914	Asphalt
16/34	2,623	799	Asphalt

Newport State Airport (IATA: UUU, ICAO: KUUU) is a public airport located in Middletown, Rhode Island, two miles (3 km) northeast of the city of Newport in Newport County, Rhode Island, USA. It is a general aviation airport and there is no scheduled airline service available.

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

[edit] History

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.

The airport is not currently served by commercial air service; however, it once was served by Air New England.