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Windham Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerConnecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT)
LocationWillimantic, Connecticut
Elevation AMSL247 ft / 75 m
Coordinates41°44′39″N 072°10′49″W / 41.74417°N 72.18028°W / 41.74417; -72.18028
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 4,278 1,304 Asphalt
18/36 2,797 853 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations30,690
Based aircraft67

Windham Airport (ICAO: KIJD, FAA LID: IJD) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northeast of the central business district of Willimantic, a city in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It is owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT).[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Windham Airport is assigned IJD by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Windham Airport covers an area of 280 acres (110 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 9/27 measuring 4,278 x 100 ft (1,304 x 30 m) and 18/36 measuring 2,797 x 75 ft (853 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending October 1, 2005, the airport had 30,690 aircraft operations, an average of 84 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1% military. There are 67 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single engine and 7% multi-engine.

The FBO and Flight School at Windham Airport is owned and operated by Freedom Jets Aviation, LLC. Rentable aircraft include Cessna 152s and 172s, Piper Warriors, and a Piper Arrow. [1]

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