Cranland Airport

1

of 11 privately owned, public use airports in Massachusetts.

1961

is when it was certified for public use.

1,760

Length in feet of its single paved runway, which is 60 feet wide and was originally used by crop dusters spraying
cranberry bogs.

25

planes are based at Cranland, including the restored seaplane that singer Jimmy Buffettcrashed off Nantucket in 1994.

Chapter

279

of the Experimental Aircraft ­Association has a clubhouse
on the site and holds monthly fly-in breakfasts every third ­Sunday from April through

October.

Sources: Peter Oakley, Cranland Airport owner; Massachusetts Department of Transportation Aeronautic Division