Chatham Municipal Airport is a public
airport
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located two miles (3 km) northwest of the
central business district of
Chatham, a town in
Barnstable County
Barnstable County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 228,996. Its shire town is Barnstable. The county consists of Cape Cod and associated islands (some adjacent islands are in Duk ...
,
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. The airport is owned by the Town of Chatham.
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 is 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
Chatham Municipal Airport covers an area of .
For 12-month period ending December 31, 2015
the airport averaged 55 aircraft operations per day: 57% local
general aviation
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, 40% transient
general aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...
, 2%
air taxi
An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft that makes short flights on demand.
In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) ...
and <1% military. There are 37 aircraft based at this airport: 34 single engine, 2 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.
References
External links
CQX: Chatham Municipal Airport
Chatham, Massachusetts
Airports in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
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