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Chatham Municipal Airport

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Chatham Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTown of Chatham
LocationChatham, Massachusetts
Elevation AMSL68 ft / 21 m
Coordinates41°41′18″N 069°59′22″W / 41.68833°N 69.98944°W / 41.68833; -69.98944
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Chatham Municipal Airport (ICAO: KCQX, FAA LID: CQX) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district of Chatham, a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The airport is owned by the Town of Chatham.[1]

It has a full-service FBO (Cape Cod Flying Circus) and maintenance facility in their main building (Stick N Rudder Aero Maintenance). The flight school and sightseeing are operated by Cape Aerial Tours. Upstairs, there is also a restaurant and coffee company, Hangar B and B-Side, respectively, serving breakfast and lunch.

Facilities and aircraft

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Chatham Municipal Airport covers an area of 105 acres (42 ha).

Runway information[2]
Dimensions 3001 x 100 ft. / 915 x 30m
Surface Asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity Single wheel: 30.0
Runway edge lights Medium intensity
Runway 6 Runway 24
Latitude 41-41.120275N 41-41.476242N
Longitude 069-59.607752W 069-59.150505W
Elevation (MSL) 48.9 ft 62.4 ft
Gradient 0.5% 0.5%
Traffic pattern Left Left
Runway heading 060 magnetic

044 true

240 magnetic

224 true

Markings Basic, in good condition Basic, in good condition
Visual slope indicator 2-light PAPI on left (3.50 degrees glide path) 2-light PAPI on right (3.50 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point Yes, no lights Yes, no lights
Obstructions 120 ft. trees, 800 ft. from runway, 150 ft. right of centerline, 5:1 slope to clear 232 ft. tank, 3100 ft. from runway, 75 ft. left of centerline, 12:1 slope to clear
Airport services
Fuel available 100LL, JET-A
Parking Hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service Major
Powerplant service Major
Bottled oxygen None
Bulk oxygen None
Airport communications
CTAF/UNICOM 122.8
WX ASOS 135.875

(508) 945-5034

Clearance delivery 127.3
BOSTON APCH/DEP 118.2
Airport manager (508) 945-9000

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2015[2] the airport averaged 55 aircraft operations per day: 57% local general aviation, 40% transient general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. There are 37 aircraft based at this airport: 34 single engine, 2 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for CQX PDF, retrieved 2007-03-15
  2. ^ a b c "AirNav: KCQX - Chatham Municipal Airport". www.airnav.com. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
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