Chatham Municipal Airport is a public

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located two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district of Chatham, a town in

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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

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, 40% transient

, 2%

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and <1% military. There are 37 aircraft based at this airport: 34 single engine, 2 multi-engine and 1 helicopter.

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External links

CQX: Chatham Municipal Airport
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