Parlin Field

Parlin Field
IATA: NWH – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 2B3
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Town of Newport
Serves Newport, New Hampshire
Elevation AMSL 784 ft / 239 m
Coordinates 43°23′17.27″N 072°11′21.32″W / 43.3881306°N 72.1892556°W / 43.3881306; -72.1892556
Website www.NewportNH.net/...
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 3,450 1,052 Asphalt
12/30 1,950 594 Turf
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 2,901
Based aircraft 23

Parlin Field (IATA: NWH, FAA LID: 2B3) is a public use airport in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. It is owned by the Town of Newport and located two nautical miles (3.74 km) north of its central business district.[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned 2B3 by the FAA,[1] but has the designation NWH from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Parlin Field covers an area of 125 acres (51 ha) at an elevation of 784 feet (239 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,450 by 50 feet (1,052 x 15 m) and 12/30 with a turf surface measuring 1,950 by 80 feet (594 x 24 m)[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2008, the airport had 2,901 aircraft operations, an average of 8 per day: 100% general aviation with a few ultralights. At that time there were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine, 4% multi-engine and 4% ultralights.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for 2B3 (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2009-08-27.
  2. ↑ "2B3 - Newport, New Hampshire - Parlin Field Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-09-03.

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