Pine Hill Airport
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Pine Hill Airport is a public use airport
Airport
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 located five nautical miles (9 km) southwest of the central business district
Central business district
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 of Albion
Albion, New York
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, in Orleans County
Orleans County, New York
As of the census of 2000, there were 44,171 people, 15,363 households, and 10,846 families residing in the county. The population density was 113 people per square mile . There were 17,347 housing units at an average density of 44 per square mile...

, New York
New York
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, United States
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. The airport property is owned by Eugene Haines and leased by the Vintage Aircraft Group.

Facilities and aircraft

Pine Hill Airport covers an area of 49 acres (19.8 ha) at an elevation
Elevation
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 of 669 feet (204 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway
Runway
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 designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,659 by 36 feet (810 x 11 m). For the 12-month period ending October 17, 2007, the airport had 6,500 aircraft operations, an average of 17 per day: 92% general aviation
General aviation
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 and 8% military
Military aviation
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.

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Source: AirNav

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