Randall Airport

Randall Airport (FAA LID: 06N) is a public use airport in Orange County, New York, United States. It is owned by Aerodrome Dev Corp and is located two nautical miles (3.74 km) southeast of the central business district of the City of Middletown.[1] According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, it is categorized as a reliever airport.[2]

Randall Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerAerodrome Dev Corp
ServesMiddletown, New York
Elevation AMSL523 ft / 159 m
Coordinates41°25′54.88″N 074°23′29.62″W
Map
06N
Location of airport in New York / United States
06N
06N (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
08/26 2,811 857 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations22,504
Based aircraft43

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned 06N by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Randall Airport covers an area of 77 acres (31 ha) at an elevation of 523 feet (159 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 08/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,811 by 60 feet (857 by 18 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 6, 2006, the airport had 22,504 aircraft operations, an average of 27 per day: 100% general aviation with a few ultralights. At that time there were 43 aircraft based at this airport: 47% single-engine, 44% gliders and 9% ultralights.[1]

Accidents and incidents

On May 5, 2018, an Aeronca 7AC crashed off Dolsontown Road, in the nearby town of Wawayanda shortly after taking off from Randall. The pilot, Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, was killed; the other passenger, a flight instructor, survived with injuries that were not life-threatening.[4]

See also

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for 06N PDF, effective 2009-08-27.
  2. FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
  3. "06N - Middletown, New York - Randall Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-09-03.
  4. Stevens, Matt (May 6, 2018). "President of Jewish Seminary Killed in Plane Crash in Hudson Valley". Retrieved May 9, 2018.
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