Nantucket Memorial Airport
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IATA: ACK – ICAO: KACK – FAA LID: ACK | |||||||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||||||
Owner | Town of Nantucket | ||||||||||||||||||
Operator | Nantucket Memorial Airport Commission | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Nantucket, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||
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Cape Air Island Airlines Nantucket Airlines Tradewind Aviation | ||||||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 48 ft / 15 m | ||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°15′10.4″N 070°03′32.4″W / 41.252889°N 70.059000°WCoordinates: 41°15′10.4″N 070°03′32.4″W / 41.252889°N 70.059000°W | ||||||||||||||||||
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Nantucket Memorial Airport (IATA: ACK, ICAO: KACK, FAA LID: ACK) is a public airport on the south side of the island of Nantucket in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The airport is owned by the Town of Nantucket and is located three miles (5 km) southeast of the town.[1] It is the second-busiest airport in the state, after Logan International Airport.[2]
Overview
Nantucket Memorial Airport covers an area of 1,200 acres (490 ha) which contains three runways:[1]
- Runway 6/24: 6,303 ft × 150 ft (1,921 m × 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 12/30: 2,696 ft × 50 ft (822 m × 15 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway 15/33: 4,000 ft × 100 ft (1,219 m × 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2006, the airport had 163,810 aircraft operations, an average of 448 per day: 74% air taxi, 26% general aviation, <1% scheduled commercial and military. In 2006, there were 33 aircraft based at this airport: 48% single engine, 48% multi-engine and 2% helicopters.[1]
History
In the late 1930s, a man named Holm began allowing the Town of Nantucket to use fields on his property as an airfield. Holm's farmhouse, located at the intersection of Old South and Nobadeer Farm Roads, is still standing today, although airport buildings have been built around the farmhouse.[3]
During World War II, the U.S. Navy took control of the airport and operated it as Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Nantucket. The Navy constructed temporary bunkers and buildings, of which the buildings were torn down after the war. The bunkers, which were constructed using concrete and steel, are currently used for airport storage.[3]
Terminal and facilities
In 2009, the terminal was updated with an upgrade of the previous 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) and an expansion of 18,000 square feet (1,700 m2) at a cost of approximately $29 million. A major goal of the expansion was to increase the capacity of the terminal substantially over the original 1950s facility. Another goal was to segregate air-taxi passengers, who do not require security screening, from airline passengers, who do.[4]
The airport apron for commercial aircraft has eight parking spots for Cessna 402 aircraft mainly operated by Cape Air and Nantucket Airlines and to a lesser extent from Island Airlines. These parking locations are also utilized by Island Airlines' Cessna 208 Caravan aircraft, which are beginning to replace the airline's Cessna 402s. There are also four larger parking spots for the JetBlue E190, US Airways CRJ-200, Delta CRJ-200 and United Dash 8 Q-200 aircraft. More spots are available if needed. Most of the parking is reserved for general aviation aircraft.
Airlines and destinations
Airlines | Destinations |
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Cape Air | Boston, Hyannis, Martha's Vineyard, New Bedford Seasonal: Providence, White Plains |
Delta Connection | Seasonal: New York-JFK, New York-LaGuardia |
Island Airlines | Hyannis |
JetBlue Airways | Seasonal: Boston, New York-JFK, Washington-National (begins June 19, 2015)[5] |
Nantucket Airlines | Hyannis |
Reliant Air | Danbury, White Plains[6] |
Tradewind Aviation | Seasonal: Teterboro, White Plains |
US Airways Express | Seasonal: Washington-National |
Up through the 1990s, a variety of other carriers served the airport, some of which used jet airliners as large as McDonnell Douglas DC-9s. These included such major carriers as American Airlines and Continental Airlines. Business Express, a Delta Connection air carrier, also operated seasonal jet flights into Nantucket utilizing British Aerospace BAe 146-200 aircraft.
Rank | Airport | Passengers | Carriers |
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1 | Hyannis, Massachusetts | 92,000 | Cape Air, Island, Nantucket Airlines |
2 | Boston, Massachusetts | 33,000 | Cape Air, JetBlue |
3 | New York-JFK, NY | 23,000 | Delta Connection, JetBlue |
4 | New Bedford, Massachusetts | 8,000 | Cape Air |
5 | Newark, New Jersey | 7,000 | United Express |
6 | Washington (National), DC | 5,000 | US Airways |
7 | Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts | 4,000 | Cape Air |
8 | Providence, Rhode Island | 2,000 | Cape Air |
9 | White Plains, New York | 2,000 | Cape Air |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for ACK (Form 5010 PDF), retrieved 2007-03-15
- ↑ List of all Massachusetts Airports - MA Airports. Ranker.com. Retrieved on 2013-08-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nantucket Master Airport Plan, Chapter 3. Accessed May 4, 2014
- ↑ Gerber, Greg (September–October 2009). "Nantucket Memorial Expands & Modernizes Without Losing Island Charm". Airport Improvement Magazine. Retrieved 2012-09-19.
- ↑ http://otp.investis.com/clients/us/jetblue_airways/usn/usnews-story.aspx?cid=981&newsid=28658
- ↑ http://reliantair.com/Pages/NantucketShuttle.php "Reliant Air"
External links
- Nantucket Memorial Airport (official site)
- The meaning of "ACK"
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective April 30, 2015
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KACK
- ASN accident history for ACK
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KACK
- FAA current ACK delay information
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