List of airports in the Boston area
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The following public airports are located in the area around Boston, Massachusetts
. This list includes only airports underneath or immediately adjacent to Boston's 30 nautical mile (56 km) radius mode C veil (the area where aircraft are required to use altitude-encoding transponders
).
Among these airports, only Lawrence has a control tower.
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
. This list includes only airports underneath or immediately adjacent to Boston's 30 nautical mile (56 km) radius mode C veil (the area where aircraft are required to use altitude-encoding transponders
Transponder (aviation)
A transponder is an electronic device that produces a response when it receives a radio-frequency interrogation...
).
Major airports
- Logan International AirportLogan International AirportGeneral Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport is located in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts . It covers , has six runways, and employs an estimated 16,000 people. It is the 19th busiest airport in the United States.Boston serves as a focus city for JetBlue Airways...
(KBOS) - Worcester Regional Airport (KORH)
- Beverly Municipal AirportBeverly Municipal AirportBeverly Municipal Airport is a public-use airport located three miles northwest of the central business district of Beverly, a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States...
(KBVY) - Bedford/Hanscom FieldHanscom FieldHanscom Field , also known by its full name Laurence G. Hanscom Field, is a public airport located in Bedford, in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is operated by the Massachusetts Port Authority....
(KBED) - Norwood Memorial AirportNorwood Memorial AirportNorwood Memorial Airport is a public-use airport located two miles east of the central business district of Norwood, a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. This airport is owned by the Town of Norwood...
(KOWD)
Airports Serving Boston Area (outside Massachusetts)
- Manchester-Boston Regional AirportManchester-Boston Regional AirportManchester-Boston Regional Airport , commonly referred to simply as "Manchester Airport," is a public airport located three miles south of the central business district of Manchester, New Hampshire on the county line of Hillsborough and Rockingham counties...
(KMHT) of Manchester, New Hampshire - T. F. Green AirportT. F. Green AirportT. F. Green Airport , also known as Theodore Francis Green State Airport, is a public airport located in Warwick, six miles south of Providence, in Kent County, Rhode Island, USA. Dedicated in 1931, the airport was named for former Rhode Island governor and longtime senator Theodore F. Green...
(KPVD) of Warwick, Rhode Island
Other public airports
- Plum Island AirportPlum Island AirportPlum Island Airport, in Newburyport, Massachusetts, is a privately-owned, public-use airport owned by Historic New England and operated by Plum Island Aerodrome, Inc., a non-profit corporation...
(2B2) - Lawrence Municipal AirportLawrence Municipal Airport (Massachusetts)Lawrence Municipal Airport is a public airport located two miles east of the central business district of Lawrence, a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States...
(KLWM) - Minute Man AirfieldMinute Man AirfieldMinute Man Air Field is a public-use airport located at 302 Boxboro Road, Stow, Massachusetts, United States. The airport is privately owned by Minute Man Airfield, Inc.- Facilities and aircraft :...
(6B6) - Marlboro AirportMarlboro AirportMarlboro Airport, in Marlboro, Massachusetts, is a public airport owned by G. Robert Stetson Junior. It has one runway, averages 37 flights per day, and has approximately 40 aircraft based on its field....
(9B1) - Norfolk Airport (32M)
- Hopedale Industrial Park AirportHopedale Industrial Park AirportHopedale Industrial Park Airport , in Hopedale, Massachusetts, is a private airport open to the public. It is owned by the Hopedale Industrial Park. It has one runway and sees very low traffic. Approximately sixteen aircraft are based at Hopedale. At one point, it housed a flight school and...
(1B6) - Mansfield Municipal AirportMansfield Municipal AirportMansfield Municipal Airport is a public airport located two miles southeast of the central business district of Mansfield, a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA....
(1B9) - Cranland AirportCranland AirportCranland Airport, in Hanson, Massachusetts, is a public airport owned by Cranland Inc. It has one runway, averages 102 flights per week, and has approximately 22 aircraft based on its field...
(28M) - Marshfield Municipal AirportMarshfield Municipal Airport (Massachusetts)Marshfield Municipal Airport , also known as George Harlow Field, is a public airport located 2 mi east of the central business district of Marshfield, a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA. The airport is owned by the Town of Marshfield and run by Shoreline Aviation, the airport's fixed...
(KGHG, formerly 3B2) - Plymouth Municipal AirportPlymouth Municipal Airport (Massachusetts)Plymouth Municipal Airport is a town-owned, public-use airport located four nautical miles southwest of the central business district of Plymouth, a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States...
(KPYM)
Among these airports, only Lawrence has a control tower.
Closed Military Airports
- Naval Air Station South WeymouthNaval Air Station South WeymouthNaval Air Station South Weymouth, or SOWEY as it is sometimes known, was an operational United States Navy airfield from 1942 to 1997. It was first established as a regular Navy blimp base during World War II...
- Naval Air Station SquantumNaval Air Station SquantumNaval Air Station Squantum was an active naval aviation facility during 1917 and from 1923 until 1953. The original civilian airfield that preceded it, the Harvard Aviation Field, dates back to 1910. The base was sited on Squantum Point in the city of Quincy, Massachusetts...
- Coast Guard Air Station SalemCoast Guard Air Station SalemCoast Guard Air Station Salem was a United States Coast Guard air station located in Salem, Massachusetts. It operated from New York City to the Canadian Border.-Mission:...
- Coast Guard Air Station GloucesterCoast Guard Air Station GloucesterUnited States Coast Guard Air Station Gloucester was a United States Coast Guard air station located in Gloucester, Massachusetts. It was replaced by Coast Guard Air Station Salem in 1935. Today, the site is home to Coast Guard Station Gloucester....
- Tew-Mac AirportTew-Mac AirportTew Mac Airport is the name of a former airport in Tewksbury, Massachusetts. It was closed in 1997.The airport was located off of Route 38 in Tewksbury, MA near the border with Wilmington.The airport was opened in 1951....
- Lowell Airport