Flying W Airport
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Front of the restaurant / motel complex at the airport
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| Airport type | Public use | ||||||||||
| Owner | Cave Holdings - Flying W, LLC | ||||||||||
| Operator | Mindy Redner | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lumberton and Medford townships | ||||||||||
| Location | Burlington County, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1964 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 49 ft / 15 m | ||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft operations | 74,222 |
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| Based aircraft | 119 |
Coordinates: 39°56′03.4″N 074°48′26.1″W / 39.934278°N 74.807250°W
Flying W Airport (FAA LID: N14) is a public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.852 km) southwest of the central business district of Lumberton Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. The airport is privately owned. The address is 60 Fostertown Road, Medford, NJ 08055.
Flying W Airport covers an area of 170 acres (69 ha) at an elevation of 49 feet (15 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 01/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,496 by 75 feet (1066 x 22 m). The property was bought in 1961 by local pilot, William Whitesell. He converted the former farmland to its current use in 1964, naming it "Flying 'W'" for his last name. After Whitesell declared bankruptcy in 1972, the airport closed until 1984 when it reopened.
For the 12-month period ending February 19, 2009, the airport had 74,222 aircraft operations, an average of 203 per day: 100% general aviation. At that time there were 119 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 8% helicopters and 7% multi-engine.
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