Muskeget Island Airport
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorDonald Little, Crocker Snow Jr., and Patricia Moseley; Town of Nantucket
LocationMuskeget Island
Elevation AMSL6 ft / 2 m
Coordinates41°20′5.44″N 70°17′58.07″W / 41.3348444°N 70.2994639°W / 41.3348444; -70.2994639
Map
MA55 is located in Massachusetts
MA55
MA55
Location of airport in Massachusetts
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
NE/SW 1,100 335 Sand/Grass

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]

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

References

  1. "Muskeget Island". Aeronautical Information Services. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  2. "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.
  3. Cocuzzo, Robert (22 May 2020). "THE AVIATOR". Nantucket Magazine. Retrieved 13 June 2022.

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