Muskeget Island Airport - Aerodrome

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Muskeget Island Airport (FAA LID: MA55) is a small privately-owned turf landing strip located on Muskeget Island in the town of Nantucket.[1] It is barely maintained and mostly overgrown, and although technically reserved for emergency use only, pilots STOL aircraft will occasionally attempt to land there.[2]

Muskeget Island Airport

IATA: none
ICAO: none
FAA LID: MA55

Summary

Airport type

Private

Operator

Donald Little, Crocker Snow Jr., and Patricia Moseley; Town of Nantucket

Location

Muskeget Island

Elevation AMSL

6 ft / 2 m

Coordinates

41°20′5.44″N 70°17′58.07″W

Map

MA55

Location of airport in Massachusetts

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
NE/SW	1,100	335	Sand/Grass

The airport, along with two-thirds of the island, are owned by retired reporter Crocker Snow Jr., whose father built the airstrip.[3]

References

"Muskeget Island". Aeronautical Information Services. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
"Loss of Control on Ground: Maule MX-7-180A Sportplane, N1052T; accident occurred October 21, 2019 at Muskeget Island Airport (MA55), Ipswich, Massachusetts". Kathryn's Report. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
Cocuzzo, Robert (22 May 2020). "THE AVIATOR". Nantucket Magazine. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

External links

Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MA55
- AirNav airport information for MA55
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for MA55

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General aviation	Cape Cod Chatham Falmouth Katama
Private	Canapitsit Muskeget Island Tuckernuck
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Closed	NAS Chatham Clifton Coonamessett Eastham East Harwich NAAS Martha's Vineyard NAAF Hyannis NAAF Nantucket No Man's Land NA Skymeadow Trade Wind

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Non-primary	New Bedford
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General	Chatham Fitchburg Gardner Great Barrington–Koladza Mansfield Marshfield–Harlow Turners Falls Harriman–West Northampton Orange Pittsfield Plymouth Southbridge Westover Minute Man Taunton–King Westfield–Barnes
Public use	Cape Cod Cranland Falmouth Hopedale Industrial Park Katama Merrimack Valley Monponsett Pond Myricks Plum Island Spencer Sterling Tanner–Hiller
Private use	Canapitsit Crow Island Metropolitan Muskeget Snow Tuckernuck Ware
Military	Barnes ANGB Joint Base Cape Cod Otis ANGB Camp Edwards Heliport CGAS Cape Cod Westover ARB
Defunct	Acushnet NAAF Beverly Bowles Agawam Bolton Braintree Brockton Boston–Metropolitan NAS Chatham Clark Clifton Coonamessett Crosman USAR Center Fall River Grafton Hatfield–Pilgrim Haverhill–Dutton Haverhill–Riverside NAAF Hyannis Leicester Lowell Marlboro NTS Marblehead NAAS Martha's Vineyard Moore AAF NAAF Nantucket NAAF New Bedford No Man's Land NAF Oxford Pine Hill Providence–Seekonk Revere Robbins CGAS Salem Saugus NAS South Weymouth Springfield NAS Squantum CGAS Ten Pound Island Tew-Mac Trade Wind Westboro

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