Facilities and Aircraft
Tweed-New Haven Airport covers an area of 394 acres (159 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 2/20 measuring 5,600 x 150 ft (1,707 x 46 m) and 14/32 measuring 3,626 x 100 ft (1,105 x 30 m). During the 1990s, United Airlines service included Boeing 737s operating on the longer runway. In order to obtain take-off speed with these jets on full flights, it was not uncommon for passengers and/or luggage to be offloaded to reduce weight, or for the pilots to wait on the runway for a favorable wind.
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the airport had 41,231 aircraft operations, an average of 113 per day: 91% general aviation, <1% air taxi, 2% military, and 7% scheduled commercial. There are 72 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single engine, 7% multi-engine and 7% jet aircraft.
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