Ellington Airport (FAA LID: 7B9) is a privately owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Ellington, a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States.[1]

Ellington Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 7B9
Summary
Airport type	Public use
Owner	J.L.M. Assoc
Serves	Ellington, Connecticut
Elevation AMSL	253 ft / 77 m
Coordinates	41°55′32″N 072°27′26″W
Website	EllingtonAirport.com
Map
7B9 Location of airport in Connecticut
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 1/19 1,800 549 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 29,120 Based aircraft 34
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

The airport, which is open to the public, is one of two Connecticut airports that is state certified as a parachute jump zone. Connecticut Parachutists Inc. has its home base at the airport.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Ellington Airport covers an area of 15 acres (6 ha) at an elevation of 253 feet (77 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 1/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,800 by 50 feet (549 x 15 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 23, 2009, the airport had 29,120 aircraft operations, an average of 79 per day: 99.9% general aviation and 0.1% air taxi. At that time there were 34 aircraft based at this airport: 59% single-engine, 23% helicopter, and 18% ultralight.[1]

References

External links

• Ellington Airport web site
• Aerial image as of April 1990 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for 7B9
  • AirNav airport information for 7B9
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 7B9