Muskeget Island Airport (FAA LID: MA55) is a small privately owned turf landing strip 1100' in length x 25' in width (335m x 8m) located on Muskeget Island in the town of Nantucket.[1] It is barely maintained and mostly overgrown, and although technically reserved for emergency use only, pilots using STOL aircraft will occasionally attempt to land there.[2]
The airport, along with two-thirds of the island, are owned by retired reporter Crocker Snow Jr., whose father built the airstrip.[3]
References
- ^ "Muskeget Island". Aeronautical Information Services. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ "Loss of Control on Ground: Maule MX-7-180A Sportplane, N1052T; accident occurred October 21, 2019 at Muskeget Island Airport (MA55), Ipswich, Massachusetts". Kathryn's Report. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
- ^ Cocuzzo, Robert (22 May 2020). "THE AVIATOR". Nantucket Magazine. Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for MA55
- AirNav airport information for MA55
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for MA55