Pemberton Airport is a private use airport

Airport

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 located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Pemberton

Pemberton, New Jersey

Pemberton, formerly New Mills, is a Borough in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 1,210....

, a borough in Burlington County

Burlington County, New Jersey

There were 154,371 households out of which 34.30% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.70% were married couples living together, 10.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were non-families. 22.90% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.50% had...

, New Jersey

New Jersey

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, United States

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. The airport is privately owned by Metro Airways Inc.

Until mid-2006, Pemberton Airport was a public use facility using FAA location identifier 3N7.

Facilities and aircraft

Pemberton Airport covers an area of 14 acres (5.7 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 65 feet (20 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway

Runway

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 designated 4/22 with a turf

Grass

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 surface measuring 2,568 by 100 feet (783 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending June 2, 1998, the airport had 12,000 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 32 per day. As of July 2009 there are 24 aircraft based at this airport: 50% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 50% ultralight.