Grimes Airport

This article is about an airport in Pennsylvania. For the airport in Ohio, see Grimes Field.

Grimes Airport
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 8N1
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Paul D. Dougherty, Jr.
Serves	Bethel, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL	582 ft / 177 m
Coordinates	40°29′05″N 076°15′49″W
Map
8N1 Location of airport in Pennsylvania 8N1 8N1 (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 2,720 829 Turf
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 650 Based aircraft 17
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Grimes Airport (FAA LID: 8N1) is a privately owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the central business district of Bethel, in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.

The Golden Age of Aviation Museum is located at Grimes Airport. This organization focuses on pre-WW II aircraft.

Facilities and aircraft

Grimes Airport covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha) at an elevation of 582 feet (177 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 11/29 with a turf surface measuring 2,720 by 100 feet (829 x 30 m).

For the 12-month period ending May 14, 2009, the airport had 650 aircraft operations, an average of 54 per month: 92% general aviation and 8% military. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 100% single-engine.

See also

• List of airports in Pennsylvania

External links

• Golden Age of Aviation Museum
• Grimes Airport (8N1) information from Pennsylvania DOT
• Aerial image as of 8 April 1999 from USGS The National Map
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for 8N1
  • AirNav airport information for 8N1
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 8N1