Schroon Lake Airport

Schroon Lake Airport

IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 4B7

4B7
Location of airport in New York

Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Town of Schroon Lake
Serves Schroon Lake, New York
Elevation AMSL 830 ft / 253 m
Coordinates 43°51′30″N 073°44′27″W / 43.85833°N 73.74083°W / 43.85833; -73.74083
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16/34 3,000 914 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 800

Schroon(/ˈskrun/, "skroon")[2] Lake Airport (FAA LID: 4B7) is a public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the central business district of Schroon Lake, a town in Essex County, New York, United States. It is owned by the Town of Schroon Lake.[1] This airport is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Schroon Lake Airport covers an area of 26 acres (11 ha) at an elevation of 830 feet (253 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 by 60 feet (914 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending December 8, 2007, the airport had 800 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 66 per month.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 FAA Airport Master Record for 4B7 (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. ↑ Malone, Destiny (May 25, 2012). "The "Official" Way To Pronounce 'Schroon' Lake". Adirondack.net. Retrieved November 3, 2016. Sharon Piper from the Schroon Lake Bed & Breakfast was courteous enough to help me out. ... "Regarding the correct way to say our town, it is SKroon (like school)," said Piper. "Many people say Shroon (like mushroom) but that is not it, and we snicker behind our hands when people do that."
  3. ↑ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB). Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008.
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