Akron Airport is a privately owned, public airport in
Erie County, New York
Erie County is a county along the shore of Lake Erie in western New York (state), New York State. As of the United States Census 2020, 2020 census, the population was 954,236. However, in the 2023 census, the Erie County population was 946,147 ...
,
a mile east of
Akron,
a village in the
Town of Newstead.
Facilities and aircraft
Akron Airport covers and has two
runway
In aviation, a runway is an elongated, rectangular surface designed for the landing and takeoff of an aircraft. Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt concrete, asphalt, concrete, or a mixture of both) or a natural surface (sod, ...
s. Runway 7/25 is
asphalt
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, 3,270 by 75 feet (997 by 23 m). Runway 11/29 has a
turf
Sod is the upper layer of turf that is harvested for transplanting. Turf consists of a variable thickness of a soil medium that supports a community of turfgrasses.
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surface 1,955 by 50 feet (596 by 15 m).
In the year ended September 11, 2009 the airport had 50,900 aircraft operations, an average of 139 per day: 98%
general aviation
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and 2%
air taxi
An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft that makes short flights on demand.
History
The concept of air taxis existed as early as the 1910s. This concept goes back as early as 1917 with Glenn Curtiss’ prototype, the auto-plane. Furthermor ...
. 54 aircraft were then based at this airport: 98% single-
engine
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and 2% multi-engine.
Nearby airports
Nearby airports with
instrument approach procedure
In aviation, an instrument approach or instrument approach procedure (IAP) is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft operating under instrument flight rules from the beginning of the initial approach to a lan ...
s include:
* 0G0 –
North Buffalo Suburban Airport (11 nm NW)
* BUF –
Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Buffalo Niagara International Airport is in Cheektowaga (town), New York, Cheektowaga, New York (state), New York, United States. The airport serves Buffalo, New York and Niagara Falls, New York in the United States, and the southern Golden H ...
(12 nm SW)
* 9G6 –
Pine Hill Airport (13 nm NE)
* GVQ –
Genesee County Airport (14 nm E)
* 9G0 –
Buffalo Airfield (14 nm SW)
See also
*
List of airports in New York
References
External links
Akron Airport (9G3)at
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Airports in New York (state)
Transportation buildings and structures in Erie County, New York