Havre de Grace Seaplane Base is a privately owned, public-use

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base located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the

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of Havre de Grace, a city in

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. It is located on the west side of

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Facilities and aircraft

The publicly-used Seaplane Base is located at the mouth of the

, on the

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. Pilots land aircraft on the water then taxi to the loading dock. The floating airport includes a docking and storage facility for aircraft, similar to a land-based terminal.http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc5300/sc5339/000113/002000/002409/unrestricted/20063711e.pdf Havre de Grace Seaplane Base covers an area of and has two seaplane landing areas designated N/S and E/W, each measuring 8,000 x 200 ft (2,438 x 61 m). For the 12-month period ending March 19, 2007, the airport had 240

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aircraft operations.

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