Monmouth Executive Airport

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Monmouth Executive Airport
IATA: BLM – ICAO: KBLM – FAA: BLM
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Wall Herald Corp.
Serves		Monmouth County
Location		Wall Township, New Jersey
Elevation AMSL		159 ft / 48 m
Coordinates		40°11′13″N 074°07′30″W / 40.18694, -74.125
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	3,707	1,130	Asphalt
14/32	7,300	2,225	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			57,229
Based aircraft			213
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Monmouth Executive Airport (IATA: BLM, ICAO: KBLM, FAA LID: BLM) is a public-use airport located in Wall Township, New Jersey, United States. The airport is five miles (8 km) west of the central business district of Belmar and east of Farmingdale. It is privately owned by Onyx Equities, LLC.^[2] and was formerly known as Allaire Airport.

== Facilities and aircraft ==http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Button_redirect.png Redirect Monmouth Executive Airport covers an area of 850 acres (344 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 3,707 x 50 ft (1,130 x 15 m) and 14/32 measuring 7,300 x 80 ft (2,225 x 24 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 57,229 aircraft operations, an average of 156 per day: 83% general aviation and 17% air taxi. There are 213 aircraft based at this airport: 84% single engine, 9% multi-engine, 4% jet aircraft and 3% helicopters.^[1]

There is also a skydiving dropzone located on the field.^[3]

[edit] Onyx Equities

In August 2007, KBLM was purchased by Onyx Equities, LLC for an undisclosed amount. The realty company agreed to continue to operate the site as an airport for small aircraft and also resolve the several environmental issues at the site, including a superfund site.^[4]