Flying W Airport is a public-use

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located one nautical mile (1.852 km) southwest of the

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of Lumberton Township in

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. The airport is privately owned. The address is 60 Fostertown Road, Medford, NJ 08055.

Facilities and aircraft

The property was bought in 1961 by local pilot William Whitesell. He converted the former farmland to its current use in 1964, naming it the "Flying 'W'" for his last name. After he declared bankruptcy in 1972, the airport closed until 1984, when it reopened. Flying W Airport covers an area of at an

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of 49 feet (15 m) above

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. It has one

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designated 01/19 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,496 by 75 feet (1066 x 22 m). For the 12-month period ending February 19, 2009, the airport had 74,222 aircraft operations, an average of 203 per day: 100%

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. At that time there were 119 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-

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, 8%

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s and 7% multi-engine. In 2016, the portion of the airport within Medford Township was proposed to be converted to a 450-unit housing complex by 2025. The deal would not affect the restaurant and motel complex within Lumberton Township. The 28-room

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closed in October 2019. The café and bar closed indefinitely in March 2020 as a result of the

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Incidents and accidents

*September 8, 2017:

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musician and vocalist

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was killed in the 2017 Medford, New Jersey Schweizer 269C crash. The accident was primarily attributed to the pilot's "failure to maintain

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rpm... which resulted in an uncontrolled descent."

References

External links

Official website
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