AOPA Airports: Chapin Field (1B8)

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Chapin Field

Cambridge, NY
Phone: 518-677-8938
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Overview

Attendance:	Not Attended Unattended
Tower:	No
Elevation:	508 ft (154.8 m) (Estimated)
Location:	2.00 mi. N of Cambridge
Beacon:	Present
Approaches:	(None)
Runways:	05/23 (unpaved) , 07/25 (unpaved) Longest paved runway: ft
Fees:	No data

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Lgtd 5 Ft Fence at Ry 25 End

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Runway 05/23

Dimensions:	2130 x 65ft. / 649.2 x 19.8m	Weight Bearing Cap:
Surface:	turf, grass, sod, no surface treatment, in good condition	Runway Edge Lights:

#	Elev/Hdg	Approach Lights	Obstructions
05	508.0ft. MSL 46° mag 32° true 0.1% up	No Data	Brush, ft Both-Sides of center, 7 ft high, 36 ft from end, 5:1 clearance slope

23	510.0ft. MSL 226° mag 212° true 0.1% down	No Data	Trees, 117 ft Right of center, 80 ft high, 62 ft from end

Runway 07/25

Dimensions:	2100 x 63ft. / 640.1 x 19.2m	Weight Bearing Cap:
Surface:	turf, grass, sod, no surface treatment, in good condition	Runway Edge Lights:

#	Elev/Hdg	Tr. Pat.	Markings	Approach Lights	TD Point	Obstructions	Comments/Noise
07	No Data	No Data	non-standard	runway end identifier: REIL is present	222' Disp Threshold	Railroad, 30 ft Both-Sides of center, 23 ft high, 10 ft from end	10:1 Slope to Dsplcd Thld Rys 07 & 25 Dsplcd Thlds Mkd with Striped Cylinders

25	No Data	No Data	non-standard	No Data	306' Disp Threshold	Road, Both-Sides, 15 ft high, 15 ft from end, 1:1 clearance slope	21:1 Slope to Dsplcd Thld

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Engine Repair: MinorAirframe Repair: Minor

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18007057709627/12/2012 5:55:20 PM UTC
Love little airports like this. I will have to make a return trip and spend a little more time. Careful of the trees on approach to 23. It may be a longer runway on paper but they make it a tough short field.

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Operations & More Information

Lat/Long:	N43 3.1617' / W73 21.7883'43.0526944-73.3631389
Charts:	NACO: New York Sectional
Mag Var:	14W (1985)
ARTCC:	Boston (ZBW)
FSS:	Burlington (BTV) 1-800-WXBRIEF
NOTAM Facility:	BTV
Approach/Departure Control Facility
Pattern Altitude:	Fixed Wing: 1308 MSL
Wind Indicator:	Present (unlit)
Seg. Circle:	No
Lighting:	No data

Aircraft & Activity

Based GA Aircraft

Single Engine:	20
Multi Engine:	1
Jets:
Helicopters:
Gliders:
Ultralights:

Airport Activity

GA Local:	1,150
GA Itinerant:	150
Commercial:
Air Taxi:
Military:	100

(12-month period ending on 8/2/2012)

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Type	Location/Call	Freq./Phone	Sector
CTAF	N/A	122.9

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ID	Type	Freq	Radial	Distance
CAM	VOR/DME	115.0	001	4 nm
GFL	VORTAC	110.2	162	21 nm
VWD	NDB	224.0	304	23 nm
ALB	VORTAC	115.3	059	27 nm
ALB	VOT	108.2	000	28 nm
HEU	NDB	356.0	078	28 nm
RUT	VOR/DME	111.0	228	34 nm
JJH	NDB	523.0	099	43 nm
DYO	NDB	221.0	220	43 nm
CNH	NDB	233.0	263	48 nm
CTR	VOR/DME	115.1	351	49 nm
EEN	VORTAC	109.4	303	50 nm
IVV	NDB	379.0	249	50 nm

Contact Addresses

Owner:	Airport Manager:
Dean Chapin	Richard Sweeney
Po Box 144	6 Myrtle Ave.
Cambridge, NY 12816	Cambridge, NY 12816
518-677-8082 (Office)	518-677-8938 (Office)
	Airport Manager Admin