Airport type Public use Operator Stella Jump Elevation AMSL 620 ft / 189 m | Owner RRL Group Serves Newton, New Jersey Elevation 189 m | |
Location Sussex County, New Jersey | ||
Newton Airport (FAA LID: 3N5) was a privately owned, public-use airport three miles south of Newton, in Sussex County, New Jersey. It closed in 2013, after it was purchased for $3.5M by Public Service Electric & Gas Company to be used to stage electrical power equipment used in constructing new transmission lines. FAA removed it from the A/FD and listed it as closed in the June 27, 2013 edition.
Facilities
Newton Airport covered 90 acres (36 ha); its asphalt runway was 6/24 2,546 x 45 ft. In 2008 the airport had 10,695 general aviation operations. 18 aircraft were then based at this airport: 56% ultralight, 39% single-engine and 6% helicopter.
References
Newton Airport (New Jersey) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA