Twin Pine Airport

Twin Pine Airport (closed)
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: N75
Summary
Airport type Public-use
Owner William E. Weasner
Serves Pennington, New Jersey
Elevation AMSL 230 ft / 70 m
Coordinates 40°18′35″N 074°45′35″W / 40.30972°N 74.75972°W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 2,200 671 Turf
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 12,000
Based aircraft 15

Twin Pine Airport (FAA LID: N75) was a privately owned public-use airport located two miles (3 km) southeast of the central business district of Pennington, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States.[1]

Twin Pine Airport was owned by William Weasner since 1956. The property was valued at $500,000 in 2005, but after the county ordered revaluations it was assessed at nearly $2,000,000. This caused a property tax increase from $17,000 to more than $36,000 per year, which in turn caused the owner to sell the airport. In 2006, the towns of Hopewell Township, Lawrence Township, Hopewell and Pennington applied for $2 million in grants from Mercer County to turn the airport into athletic fields.[3]

The airport's official closing ceremony was held on April 6, 2008.[4] EAA Chapter 176 was based at Twin Pine and is planning a fly-by celebration for the airfield. After the last aircraft has left, soccer field stripes will be painted on the runway.[5]

The airport was considered historic and was home to many aircraft in its years, such as the famed Boeing 450 Stearman, nicknamed the "Red Baron", which regularly gave rides in and out of the grass strip. In more recent years, some aircraft were left at the airport after its closure. These include a Cessna 150, a Varga Kachina, a Citabria, a Mooney M20C, and a Cessna 310.

Facilities and aircraft

Twin Pine Airport covered an area of 52 acres (21 ha) and contained one runway designated 12/30 with a 2,200 x 100 ft (671 x 30 m) turf surface. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 12,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 32 per day. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single-engine, 7% multi-engine and 20% ultralight.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 FAA Airport Master Record for N75 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
  2. ↑ Twin Pine Airport N75 at WikiMapia
  3. ↑ Jeff Trently (2007-11-17). "Airport's days are numbered". The Times. Archived from the original on 2008-03-22. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  4. ↑ Jeff Trently (2008-04-03). "Airport's farewell party postponed". The Times. Archived from the original on 2008-04-18. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  5. ↑ Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 176

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