Gardner Lake Airport
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Gardner Lake Airport is a private airport
Airport
An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located six miles (10 km) southeast of the central business district
Central business district
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 of Colchester
Colchester, Connecticut
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, in New London County
New London County, Connecticut
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, Connecticut
Connecticut
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, United States
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Facilities and aircraft

Gardner Lake Airport has a single turf runway
Runway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

(16/34) measuring 1,900 x 60 ft. (579 x 18 m). There is one single-engine aircraft based at this airport.
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