Hartford-Brainard Airport is a Class D, towered public
airportAn 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 three miles (5 km) southeast of downtown
HartfordHartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located in Hartford County on the Connecticut River, north of the center of the state, south of Springfield, Massachusetts. Its 2006 population of 124,512 ranks Hartford as the state's second-largest city, after Bridgeport. New...
, in
Hartford CountyHartford County is located in the north central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of 2000 the population was 857,183. The population estimate for 2005 was 877,393....
,
ConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and New York to the west and south ....
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT).
Hartford-Brainard Airport covers 201
acreThe acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre....
s (81
haA hectare is a unit of area equal to , or one square hectometre , and commonly used for measuring land area....
) which contains three
runwayA runway is a strip of land at an airport on which aircraft can take off and land and forms part of the maneuvering area. Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .By extension, the term has come to mean, in addition, any long, flat, straight area, such as that used in fashion...
s and one
helipadThe word helipad is a portmanteau meaning helicopter landing pad, a landing area for helicopters. Though helicopters can usually land anywhere preferably flat , a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard surface away from obstacles where a helicopter can land...
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- Runway 2/20: 4,417 x 150 ft (1,346 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits sometimes termed asphaltum...
- Runway 11/29: 2,314 x 71 ft (705 x 22 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway NE/SW: 2,309 x 150 ft (704 x 46 m), Surface: Turf (Closed during winter months from November 2 to April 30 except for Ski-Equipped aircraft or helicopter training.)
- Helipad H1: 70 x 77 ft (21 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
For the 12-month period ending June 12, 2001, the airport had 120,217 aircraft operations, an average of 329 per day: 99%
general aviationGeneral aviation is one of two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
, 1%
air taxiAn air taxi is a for-hire passenger or cargo aircraft which operates on an on-demand basis. It can be used to mean air charter, or the use of very light jets ....
and <1% military.
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Hartford-Brainard Airport is a Class D, towered public
airportAn 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 three miles (5 km) southeast of downtown
HartfordHartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located in Hartford County on the Connecticut River, north of the center of the state, south of Springfield, Massachusetts. Its 2006 population of 124,512 ranks Hartford as the state's second-largest city, after Bridgeport. New...
, in
Hartford CountyHartford County is located in the north central part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of 2000 the population was 857,183. The population estimate for 2005 was 877,393....
,
ConnecticutConnecticut is a state in the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and New York to the west and south ....
,
United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is owned by the Connecticut Department of Transportation (ConnDOT).
Facilities and aircraft
Hartford-Brainard Airport covers 201
acreThe acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre....
s (81
haA hectare is a unit of area equal to , or one square hectometre , and commonly used for measuring land area....
) which contains three
runwayA runway is a strip of land at an airport on which aircraft can take off and land and forms part of the maneuvering area. Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .By extension, the term has come to mean, in addition, any long, flat, straight area, such as that used in fashion...
s and one
helipadThe word helipad is a portmanteau meaning helicopter landing pad, a landing area for helicopters. Though helicopters can usually land anywhere preferably flat , a fabricated helipad provides a clearly marked hard surface away from obstacles where a helicopter can land...
:
- Runway 2/20: 4,417 x 150 ft (1,346 x 46 m), Surface: Asphalt
Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits sometimes termed asphaltum...
- Runway 11/29: 2,314 x 71 ft (705 x 22 m), Surface: Asphalt
- Runway NE/SW: 2,309 x 150 ft (704 x 46 m), Surface: Turf (Closed during winter months from November 2 to April 30 except for Ski-Equipped aircraft or helicopter training.)
- Helipad H1: 70 x 77 ft (21 x 23 m), Surface: Asphalt
For the 12-month period ending June 12, 2001, the airport had 120,217 aircraft operations, an average of 329 per day: 99%
general aviationGeneral aviation is one of two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...
, 1%
air taxiAn air taxi is a for-hire passenger or cargo aircraft which operates on an on-demand basis. It can be used to mean air charter, or the use of very light jets ....
and <1% military. There are 144 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single engine, 10% multi-engine, 1% jet aircraft, 1%
helicopterA helicopter is an aircraft that is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades. Helicopters are classified as rotorcraft or rotary-wing aircraft to distinguish them from fixed-wing aircraft because the helicopter achieves lift with the...
s and 1%
gliderUnpowered aircraft are a group of aerial vehicles that can fly without propulsion. They can be classified as gliders, balloons and kites. In this instance, 'flight' means a trajectory that is not merely a vertical descent such as a parachute. In the case of kites, the flight is not free, but...
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Fixed base operator and flight schools
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