Spadaro Airport

Spadaro Airport

Spadaro Airport, as seen from Montauk Highway
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 1N2
Summary
Airport type Public use
Owner Bart Spadaro
Serves East Moriches, New York
Elevation AMSL 50 ft / 15 m
Coordinates 40°49′24″N 72°44′55″W / 40.8232313°N 72.7487313°W / 40.8232313; -72.7487313Coordinates: 40°49′24″N 72°44′55″W / 40.8232313°N 72.7487313°W / 40.8232313; -72.7487313
Map
1N2

Location of airport in New York

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
18/36 2,400 732 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 6,100
Based aircraft 29

Spadaro Airport (FAA LID: 1N2) is a privately owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of East Moriches, in Suffolk County, New York, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a reliever airport.[2]

Spadaro is connected to Lufker Airport via a taxiway and aircraft are able to taxi from one airport to the other.[3]

It is named for Bartholomew Spadaro who originally owned the airport.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Spadaro Airport covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha) at an elevation of 50 feet (15 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 18/36 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,400 by 25 feet (732 x 8 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 8, 2010, the airport had 6,100 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 16 per day. At that time there were 29 aircraft based at this airport: 52% ultralight, 41% single-engine, 3% multi-engine, and 3% helicopter.[1]

Bart Spadaro (founder of the airport) died October 5, 2013, at which time Susan Spadaro (Bart's daughter) had assumed control of the airport. Since then, aviation services such as aircraft maintenance, aircraft repair, aircraft inspections, aircraft rentals, flight instruction, sightseeing, etc. are no longer available at this facility. Skydiving operations continue at the airport and are provided by an independent operator. Airport maintenance has been the removal of debris around the perimeter of the airport as well as removal of abandoned vehicles and hangars. The segmented circle is typically overgrown with weeds and is not visible during warmer months. There is no wind sock, flags or any other device on the field to indicate wind direction or wind speed. The asphalt runway surface is in generally good condition although there is a pothole near the beginning of runway 18 on the right side. Markings for runway 18 are faded to the point of no longer being visible. Adjacent to the runway is mostly bare sandy ground that is prone to creating dust clouds and flung gravel in the presence of propeller blast. Susan Spadaro is not known to hold any credentials in the field of aviation.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for 1N2 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ "Lufker Airport (49N)" (PDF). 2009-2010 Airport Directory. New York State Department of Transportation. 2009.
  4. ↑ http://www.leagle.com/decision-result/?xmldoc/1994737204AD2d533_2249.xml/docbase/CSLWAR2-1986-2006

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