Sky Harbor Airport was a privately owned, public use airport located one

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(2 km) east of the

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, a city in

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, United States. It was decommissioned in 2018 and replaced with a housing development.

Facilities and aircraft

Sky Harbor Airport covered an area of 20

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s (8 ha) at an elevation of 282 feet (86 m) above mean sea level. It had one runway designated 7/25 with a turf surface measuring 1,930 by 100 feet (588 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending July 30, 2012, the airport had 600 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 50 per month. At that time there were three single- engine aircraft based at this airport.

References

External links

Sky Harbor (S86)
at WSDOT Airport Directory
Aerial image as of July 1990
from USGS '' The National Map'' {{US-airport-minor, S86 Airports in Snohomish County, Washington Transportation buildings and structures in Snohomish County, Washington Defunct airports in Washington (state)