Mansfield Municipal Airport
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Mansfield Municipal Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Operator | Town of Mansfield | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Mansfield, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | May 1943[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 122 ft / 37.2 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°00′00″N 71°11′48″W / 42.00000°N 71.19667°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | mansfieldma.com/204 | ||||||||||||||
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Mansfield Municipal Airport (FAA LID: 1B9) is a public airport located 2 mi (1.7 nmi; 3.2 km) southeast of the central business district of Mansfield, a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. During World War II, the airfield was Naval Outlying Landing Field Mansfield.[2]
It is a community airport located 1 mi (1.6 km) from the Xfinity Center. The airport offers flight training, fuel, etc.
Accidents and incidents
- On 26 July 1981, a Piper Colt crashed shortly after takeoff; the pilot and passenger were uninjured.[3][4]
- On 28 January 1984, a Piper Arrow that departed Mansfield disappeared. Its wreckage was located near Gardner Municipal Airport on 10 February 1984; none of the four occupants survived.[5][6]
- On 8 September 2007, A Cessna 172 crashed on takeoff, killing two of the four occupants.[7][8][9]
- On 15 February 2014, a Cessna 172 practicing landings hit a snowbank and skidded off the runway; the pilot was uninjured.[10][11]
- On 23 February 2019, a flight instructor and student were killed when their Cessna 172 crashed at Mansfield; they had departed Norwood Memorial Airport an hour earlier.[12]
