Nashua Airport
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Nashua Airport[2] at Boire Field[1] (IATA: ASH[3], ICAO: KASH, FAA LID: ASH) is a public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Nashua, a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States.[1] Owned by the Nashua Airport Authority,[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a national reliever airport facility.[4][5]
History
The airport dates back to 1934, when the city of Nashua bought a small existing airport, which lacked a hangar and had a grass runway. Over the next several years Nashua, with federal help, paved the 2,000-foot (610 m) runway and constructed buildings. According to the history in the airport web site, the hangar was constructed from bricks reused from a Nashua factory that burned in 1930 in what was known here as the Crown Hill Fire.[6]
In 1943 it was named Boire Field, after Ensign Paul Boire, who was Nashua's first casualty in World War II.
The Nashua Airport Authority was established to oversee the airport in 1961. The New England Aeronautical Institute was founded here in 1965. The NEAI's Daniel Webster Junior College division[7] was founded in 1967. The two schools merged in 1978 to form the Daniel Webster College (DWC). Nashua Airport became one of the busiest airports in New England in terms of take-offs and landings due to its use by DWC for flight training (the flight training program was shuttered in 2010).[8]
The airport's
In 2012, runway 14-32 was moved 300 feet (91 m) to the northeast and extended by 500 feet (150 m), to 6,000 feet (1,800 m) to accommodate larger corporate jets. The runway officially opened on August 31, 2012.[10] The original runway was removed. Many taxiways to the new runway were rebuilt during the construction.
In 2016,
Facilities and aircraft
Boire Field covers an area of 400 acres (160 ha) at an
For the 12-month period ending October 1, 2022, the airport had 58,726 aircraft operations, an average of 161 per day: 100% general aviation, <1% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 228 aircraft based at this airport: 184 single-engine, 24 multi-engine, 11 jet, and 9 helicopter.[1]
There is space for 441 aircraft located on the field. Air Traffic Control is at the airport from 7 a.m. until 9 p.m. It has no scheduled commercial service.
Airport services
The airport has private flight schools offering training and certification in fixed-wing airplanes and helicopters. On-demand air charter is offered by providers, including Air Direct Airways and Infinity Aviation, which operates a number of Hawker mid-sized business jet aircraft.
Infinity Aviation Services is a fixed-base operator (FBO) that provides aircraft servicing, fueling and maintenance and flight planning resources. GFW Aeroservices, a former FBO, ceased operation in March 2011.
The second-floor Midfield Cafe is open for breakfast and lunch from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., six days a week, closed on Tuesdays.
The airport hosts the Southern New Hampshire University Aviation Center, Aviation Operations Management Program,[12] and an accelerated Flight Program.
See also
References
- ^ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 10, 2023.
- ^ a b "Nashua Airport - Boire Field". Official site. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (ASH: Nashua / Boire Field)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ Union Leader: "A walk through Nashua aviation history with the man who was there" 15 September 2023
- Nashua Telegraph. November 25, 2012.
- Nashua Telegraph. July 1, 2007.
- ^ DWC shutters flight program
- ^ "New Hampshire aviation history". New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009.
- Nashua Telegraph. August 31, 2012.
- ^ Moore, Jim (October 25, 2017). "Nonprofit college aviation program grows". AOPA. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ^ "Aeronautical Engineering (BS)".
External links
- Nashua Airport - Boire Field official site
- Infinity Aviation Services and Nashua Jet Aviation, the fixed-base operators (FBOs)
- New Hampshire Aviation Historical Society
- Aerial image as of April 1998 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective April 18, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for ASH, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for ASH
- AirNav airport information for KASH
- ASN accident history for ASH
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures