Eagles Nest Airport (New Jersey)

Eagles Nest Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 31E
Summary
Airport type Privately owned, public-use
Owner Kummings Eagles Airport Inc
Location West Creek, New Jersey
Elevation AMSL 35 ft / 11 m
Coordinates 39°39′55.4″N 74°18′28.5″W / 39.665389°N 74.307917°W / 39.665389; -74.307917
Website http://eaglesnestairport.com/
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 3,200 975 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 500
Based aircraft 2
This article is about an airport in New Jersey. For other uses, see Eagles Nest Airport (disambiguation).

Eagles Nest Airport (FAA LID: 31E) is a privately owned public-use airport serving general aviation aircraft. It was upgraded in April 1989, however had been an airport since the 1960s. It is located two nautical miles (3.704 km) north of the community of West Creek, in Eagleswood Township, New Jersey.

An accident occurred there in May 2008 involving a general aviation craft crash landing into the woods a few hundred feet way from the runway. The accident was witnessed by nearby residents. The state police called off a search for the plane after only two hours, despite the fact that the crash occurred less than two miles from the police barracks. Two people, including the pilot, were killed in the crash. One of the survivors sued the state, the pilot's estate and her employer and settled these lawsuits in 2013.[2]

The airport was purchased by Peter J. Weidhorn of Manalapan, NJ, who has pursued a number of major improvements and expansions of the airport, angering many local residents who live close to the end of the runway of what was until recently a sleepy local airport.[3]

References

  1. ↑ FAA Airport Master Record for 31E (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2010-06-30
  2. ↑ http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/galloway-township-woman-who-survived-eagleswood-township-plane-crash-settles/article_afd9cf64-567b-11e2-939e-0019bb2963f4.html
  3. ↑ http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/press/ocean/eagleswood-approves-hangars-at-eagles-nest-airport/article_d150b496-7b80-11e0-94d3-001cc4c002e0.html

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