Robertson Field Airport

Robertson Field

IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA LID: 4B8

Summary

Airport type

Public

Owner

Town of Plainville

Operator

Interstate Aviation, Inc.

Location

Plainville, Connecticut

Elevation AMSL

200 ft / 61 m

Coordinates

41°41′25″N 072°51′53″W / 41.69028°N 72.86472°W

Runways

Direction

Length

Surface

2/20

3,612

1,101

Asphalt

Helipads

Number

Length

Surface

Asphalt

Statistics (2006)

Aircraft operations

59,200

Based aircraft

110

Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Robertson Field (FAA LID: 4B8), also known as Robertson Airport, is a public use airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of Plainville, a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. It is owned by the Town of Plainville.

The Town of Plainville purchased the airport from Tomasso Brothers, Inc. for a price of $7.7 million USD on December 30, 2009. Previously, the town had explored a purchase of the airport beginning in 1995. It was appraised by Tomasso at $6.5 million, double its tax assessment by the town. In July 2007, the town received a $116,850 federal grant to further study buying the airport.

History

John H. Trumbull, a Plainville native and Connecticut's Governor from 1925 to 1931, is known to have used the airfield. He was dubbed "The Flying Governor".

In 1990 the Tomasso family completed renovation and expansion of the 3,600-foot (1,100 m) runway.

Facilities and aircraft

Robertson Field covers an area of 39 acres (16 ha) which contains one runway and one helipad:

For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2006, the airport had 59,200 aircraft operations, an average of 162 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi and <1% military. There are 110 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single engine, 8% multi-engine, and 2% Jet.

Location & QuickFacts

FAA Information Effective:	2006-09-28
Airport Identifier:	4B8
Longitude/Latitude:	072-51-53.3610W/41-41-25.3560N -72.864822/41.690377 (Estimated)
Elevation:	200 ft / 60.96 m (Surveyed)
Land:	39 acres
From nearest city:	2 nautical miles N of Plainville, CT
Location:	Hartford County, CT
Magnetic Variation:	14W (2000)

Owner & Manager

Ownership:	Privately owned
Owner:	Tomasso Brothers, Inc
Address:	Po Box 3040 New Britain, CT 06050
Phone number:	203-224-9977
Manager:	Wm O'leary
Address:	62 Johnson Avenue Plainville, CT 06062
Phone number:	203-747-5519

Airport Operations and Facilities

Airport Use:	Open to public
Wind indicator:	Yes
Segmented Circle:	No
Control Tower:	No
Attendance Schedule:	OCT-APR/ALL/0630-2000,MAY-SEP/ALL/0730-2000
Lighting Schedule:	DUSK-DAWN ACTVT MIRL RY 02/20 - CTAF. REIL RYS 02 & 20 OPR WHEN RY LGTS ON HIGH INTST.
Beacon Color:	Clear-Green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee charge:	No LANDING FEE FOR COMMERCIAL AND CORPORATE ACFT ONLY.
Sectional chart:	New York
Region:	ANE - New England
Traffic Pattern Alt:	800 ft
Boundary ARTCC:	ZBW - Boston
Tie-in FSS:	BDR - Bridgeport
FSS on Airport:	No
FSS Phone:	866-293-5149
FSS Toll Free:	1-800-WX-BRIEF
NOTAMs Facility:	BDR (NOTAM-d service avaliable)
Federal Agreements:	N

Airport Communications

CTAF:	122.800
Unicom:	122.800

Airport Services

Fuel available:	100LLA
Airframe Repair:	MAJOR
Power Plant Repair:	MAJOR
Bottled Oxygen:	NONE
Bulk Oxygen:	HIGH

Runway Information

Runway 02/20

Helipad H1

Radio Navigation Aids

Remarks

Based Aircraft

Operational Statistics

General Info
Country	United States
State	CONNECTICUT
FAA ID	4B8
Latitude	41-41-25.356N
Longitude	072-51-53.361W
Elevation	200 feet
Near City	PLAINVILLE

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