Sterling Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Monadnock Realty Corp | ||||||||||
| Serves | Sterling, Massachusetts | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 459 ft / 140 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°25′33″N071°47′34″W / 42.42583°N 71.79278°W /42.42583; -71.79278 | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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| Source:Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||||
Sterling Airport (FAALID:3B3) is a public useairport located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of thecentral business district ofSterling, a town inWorcester County,Massachusetts,United States. It is privately owned by Monadnock Realty Corp.[1]
It is a fairly inexpensive place to rent airplanes, as the starting rate is $99/hour for a two-seater Cessna 150. The airport has many parking spaces, open-air and in hangars. The Sterling Airport closes its runways in early September for the Sterling Fair, during which time, all the aircraft tied down on the field must be flown elsewhere. Even the glider trailers are moved off-field. But after the fair, the airport opens for normal operations once again.
Sterling Airport is also the home of the Greater Boston Soaring Club.
Sterling Airport covers an area of 100acres (40ha) at anelevation of 459 feet (140 m) abovemean sea level. It has onerunway designated 16/34 with anasphalt surface measuring 3,086 by 40 feet (941 x 12 m) and onehelipad designated H1 which is 50 by 50 feet (15 x 15 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending June 1, 2010, the airport had 49,260 aircraft operations, an average of 134 per day:99%general aviation, <1%air taxi, and <1%military. At that time there were 78 aircraft based at this airport: 37% single-engine, 3% multi-engine, 56%glider, and 4%ultralight.[1]
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