Cranland Airport

Cranland Airport
IATA: 28M – ICAO: K28M
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Cranland Airport Inc.
Location		Hanson, Massachusetts
Elevation AMSL		71 ft / 22 m
Coordinates		42°01′30.5″N 70°50′17.2″W / 42.025139°N 70.838111°W / 42.025139; -70.838111Coordinates: 42°01′30.5″N 70°50′17.2″W / 42.025139°N 70.838111°W / 42.025139; -70.838111
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
18/36	1,860	567	Asphalt

Cranland Airport, (IATA: 28M, ICAO: K28M) 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. One historic aircraft, a Grumman Widgeon which was formerly owned by singer Jimmy Buffett (then registered as N1471N) is housed in the main hangar and is now owned by Dennis K Burke who re-registered it as N3N. Dennis was the sole owner of the Cranland airport and on 7/26/2011 he sold the airport to Peter T. Oakley. The Cranland airport is also the home of the EAA chapter 279. EAA stands for Experimental Aircraft Association.

On 8-1-2007 a small plane crashed 40 yards from the runway, the only death was the pilot; a 63 year old man.^[1]

References

1. ^ AirNav.com: 28M, AirNav.com, 2006, accessed April 26, 2006.

Links

• http://www.eaa279.org/index.htm

Local aviation chapter based at Cranland