Tuckernuck Island Airport is a small, unpaved airstrip located on
Tuckernuck Island
Tuckernuck is an island in the town and former whaling port of Nantucket, Massachusetts, west of Nantucket Island and east of Muskeget. Its name allegedly means "a loaf of bread". The island has an area of about . The highest point is about .
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in the town of
Nantucket. It is privately owned and currently has one aircraft, a Cessna 185, based there. It has one runway. The south end of the runway meets the water of the north Atlantic Ocean, while the north end meets the islands forests and grasslands. There is one shed on the east side. The runway length is decreasing due to
sea level rise
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and
beach erosion,
attributable to climate change.
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Airports in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Privately owned airports
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