Concord Municipal Airport
Encyclopedia
Concord Municipal Airport is a public-use airport
located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district
of Concord
, a city in Merrimack County
, New Hampshire
, United States
. This general aviation
airport is publicly owned by the City of Concord. There was once scheduled airline service at the airport on Northeast Airlines
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Concord Aviation Services also provides full and self-service 100LL fuel and full-service Jet A fuel. There are also long-term tie-down spots for multiple small aircraft on the southern part of the ramp, and two hangars for year-round aircraft storage.
In addition, Concord Aviation Services does mechanical work in its main hangar, on both its own aircraft and those of customers.
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...
located two miles (3 km) east of the central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...
of Concord
Concord, New Hampshire
The city of Concord is the capital of the state of New Hampshire in the United States. It is also the county seat of Merrimack County. As of the 2010 census, its population was 42,695....
, a city in Merrimack County
Merrimack County, New Hampshire
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 136,225 people, 51,843 households, and 35,460 families residing in the county. The population density was 146 people per square mile . There were 56,244 housing units at an average density of 60 per square mile...
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, United States
United States
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. This general aviation
General aviation
General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
airport is publicly owned by the City of Concord. There was once scheduled airline service at the airport on Northeast Airlines
Northeast Airlines
Northeast Airlines was an American airline based in Boston, Massachusetts. They began as Boston-Maine Airways, which was founded as a Pan Am contract carrier on July 20, 1931, by the Boston and Maine Railroad and Maine Central Railroad offering service from Boston to Bangor via Portland...
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Facilities
Concord Municipal Airport covers an area of 697 acres (282.1 ha) and has two runwayRunway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
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- Runway 17/35: 6,005 x 100 ft (1,830 x 30 m), Surface: AsphaltAsphaltAsphalt or , also known as bitumen, is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits, it is a substance classed as a pitch...
- Runway 12/30: 3,200 x 75 ft (975 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
Concord Aviation Services also provides full and self-service 100LL fuel and full-service Jet A fuel. There are also long-term tie-down spots for multiple small aircraft on the southern part of the ramp, and two hangars for year-round aircraft storage.
In addition, Concord Aviation Services does mechanical work in its main hangar, on both its own aircraft and those of customers.