Princeton Airport (New Jersey)

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Princeton Airport

IATA: PCT – ICAO: none – FAA: 39N
Summary
Airport type		Public use
Owner		Princeton Aero Corp.
Serves		Princeton, New Jersey
Location		Rocky Hill, New Jersey
Elevation AMSL		128 ft / 39 m
Coordinates		40°23′57″N 074°39′32″W / 40.39917, -74.65889
Website		www.PrincetonAirport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
10/28	3,500	1,067	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			56,958
Based aircraft			135
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Princeton Airport (IATA: PCT, FAA LID: 39N) is a public-use airport located in Montgomery Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, three miles (5 km) north of the central business district of Princeton and just west of Rocky Hill. The airport is privately owned by Princeton Aero Corp.^[1]

The airport also houses the Raritan Valley Flight School.

1 History
2 Facilities and aircraft
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The airport was established by Richard A. Newhouse (original spelling Neuhaus). Among his other aviation-related projects, in 1911 he built a plane of his own design, featuring separate floating ailerons — a major innovation, as the planes of that time used wing warping for roll control.^[2]

On March 29, 1985, the airport was purchased by Princeton Aero Corp. Principals of the company are members of the Nierenberg family, previously the fixed base operator at Kupper Airport for eighteen years.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Princeton Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) which contains one paved runway (10/28) measuring 3,500 x 75 ft. (1,067 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 2, 2005, the airport had 56,958 aircraft operations, an average of 156 per day: 89% general aviation and 11% air taxi. There are 135 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single engine, 11% multi-engine and 7% helicopters.^[1]