Minute Man Airfield
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Minute Man Air Field is a public-use airport
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 at 302 Boxboro Road, Stow
Stow, Massachusetts
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, Massachusetts
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, United States
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. The airport is privately owned by Minute Man Airfield, Inc.

Facilities and aircraft

Minute Man Air Field covers an area of 225 acres (91.1 ha) which contains two runway
Runway
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...

s:
  • Runway 3/21: 2,770 x 48 ft (844 x 15 m), Surface: Asphalt
  • Runway 12/30: 1,600 x 70 ft (488 x 21 m), Surface: Turf/Gravel


For 12-month period ending 08/01/2009 the airport had 48,095 aircraft operations, an average of 132 per day: 99% general aviation
General aviation
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, <1% air taxi
Air taxi
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 and <1% military. There are 67 aircraft based at this airport: 60 single engine, 1 multi engine, 3 helicopter
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...

s and 3 ultralight.

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