Salmon River Airfield

Salmon River Airfield
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 9B8
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Salmon River Airfield Associated
Operator	Sandy Brown
Serves	Colchester
Location	Connecticut
Elevation AMSL	540 ft / 165 m
Coordinates	41°35′22″N 72°26′32″W / 41.58944°N 72.44222°W / 41.58944; -72.44222Coordinates: 41°35′22″N 72°26′32″W / 41.58944°N 72.44222°W / 41.58944; -72.44222
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 2,000 610 Turf
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 804 Based aircraft 8
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Salmon River Airfield (FAA LID: 9B8), is located in Colchester, Connecticut, United States.^[2]

Facilities and Aircraft

Salmon River Airfield is situated 3 miles south of the central business district, and contains one runway. The longest runway, 17/35, is turf measuring 2,000 x 60 ft (610 x 18 m).

For the 12-month period ending July 1, 2008, the airport had 804 aircraft operations, an average of 67 per month: 62% local general aviation, and 38% transient general aviation. At that time there were 8 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single-engine and 13% helicopter.^[3]

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