Corning–Painted Post Airport

Corning–Painted Post Airport (FAA LID: 7N1) is a public use airport in Steuben County, New York, United States.[1] It is located two nautical miles (4 km) northwest of the central business district of Corning.[1] The airport is owned by the Town of Erwin[1] and located near Painted Post, New York. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Corning-Painted Post Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTown of Erwin IDA
ServesCorning, New York
LocationPainted Post, New York
Elevation AMSL963 ft / 294 m
Coordinates42°10′48″N 077°07′18″W
Websitehttp://erwinny.org/teidadept.html
Map
7N1
Location of airport in New York
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 3,269 996 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations9,025
Based aircraft28

Facilities and aircraft

Corning–Painted Post Airport covers an area of 76 acres (31 ha) at an elevation of 963 feet (294 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,269 by 75 feet (996 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 19, 2012, the airport had 9,025 aircraft operations, an average of 24 per day: 99.7% general aviation and 0.3% air taxi. At that time there were 28 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single-engine and 4% helicopter.[1]

One of the local operators is the Costa Flying Service, owing its name to Joseph Costa, a local pilot that attempted to cross the Atlantic in 1936, via Brazil. In the 1940s it was called "Costa's Airport".[3] His son, Joseph R. Costa is currently the airport's manager.[4]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for 7N1 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27.
  3. THE EVENING LEADER CORNING NY 1947-03-31, p3
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2013-09-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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