A residential airpark (also spelled air park) is also referred to as a "fly-in

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, tow ...

". The word can also refer to a community specifically designed around an

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

where the residents each would own their own

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which they park in their hangar usually attached to the home or integrated into their home. The residential airpark or fly-in community features one or more

runway According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...

s with homes adjacent to the runway. Many fly-in communities feature a variety of amenities, such as golf course, equestrian facilities and more. Residential airparks or fly-in communities are usually privately owned and restricted to use by the property owners and their invited guests. Most do not include commercial operations or businesses. The communities have also become a niche real estate market, with some firms dedicated solely to these developments. Ideas for airparks existed as early as 1944. However, the first airpark was Sierra Sky Park in Fresno, California, established in 1946. The Living With Your Plane Association estimates that there are at least 426 residential airparks in the United States.

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is estimated to have 52 airparks, followed by

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with 50,

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with 28, and

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with 23.

Some notable airparks

Canada

Calgary/Okotoks Air Park Calgary/Okotoks Airranch Airport is located south of Calgary, Alberta Alberta ( ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is part of Western Canada and is one of the three prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by ...

(Calgary, Alberta)

South Africa

Zandspruit Bush & Aero Estate Zandspruit Bush & Aero Estate is a 1 000 ha secure living wildlife estate situated from the town of Hoedspruit, from the Blyde River Canyon, and from the Kruger National Park, in the Limpopo Province of South Africa. It is the first developm ...

(Hoedspruit, Limpopo)

United States

Pegasus Airpark Pegasus Airpark is a private-use airport owned by the Pegasus Airpark Flight Association, located south of the central business district of Queen Creek, in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The airport is part of a gated community built ...

(Queen Creek, Arizona) *

Carmel Valley Airport Carmel Valley Airfield was a privately owned airpark in Carmel Valley, California, from 1941 to 2002. The airport was later called the Carmel Valley Vintage Airfield. The California Historical Resources Commission voted to nominate the "Carmel Va ...

(Carmel Valley, California) *

Cameron Airpark Cameron Park airport is a public use airport located in Cameron Park, El Dorado County, California, United States. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''general ...

(Cameron Park, California) *

Sierra Sky Park Airport Sierra Sky Park Airport is a privately owned, public-use airport northwest of the central business district of Fresno, a city in Fresno County, California, United States. Other area airports are Fresno Chandler Executive Airport and Fresno Yos ...

(Fresno, California) *

Pine Mountain Lake Airport Pine Mountain Lake Airport , formerly Q68, is a public airport located three miles (4.8 km) northeast of Groveland, serving Tuolumne County, California, United States. It is used mostly for general aviation, and has public access. The airpor ...

(Groveland, California) *

Ridge Landing Airpark Ridge Landing Airpark , also known as Ridge Landing Airport, is a private use airpark located four nautical miles (7 km) west of the central business district of Frostproof, Florida, United States. Ridge Landing is an airpark community located ...

(Frostproof, Florida) *

Spruce Creek Airport Spruce Creek Airport is a private airport located in Port Orange, seven miles (11 km) south of the central business district of Daytona Beach, in Volusia County, Florida, United States. It was originally constructed during World War II as ...

(Port Orange, Florida) * Greystone Airport / Jumbolair Aviation Estates (Ocala, Florida) *

Independence State Airport Independence State Airport is a public-use airport located one mile (1.6 km) northwest of the central business district of Independence, a city in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It is owned by the Oregon Department of Aviation. Servi ...

(Independence, Oregon) *

Big South Fork Airpark The Big South Fork Airpark is located 50 miles north of Knoxville, Tennessee, and includes a 5,500-foot long asphalt runway with three instrument approachesThe airpark grounds include homesteads with taxiway access, personal hangars, and a mainten ...

(Oneida, Tennessee) *

Frontier Airpark Frontier Airpark is a private airport and suburban housing development located east of Marysville, Washington. The airpark was established in 1985 and features a single runway that is connected to homes by a series of taxiway A taxiway is a p ...

(Marysville, Washington) * Alpine Airpark (Alpine, Wyoming)

References

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