New Garden Airport , also known as New Garden Flying Field, is a public airport

Airport

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 located in Toughkenamon

Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania

Toughkenamon is a census-designated place in New Garden Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,492 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Toughkenamon is located at ....

, Chester County

Chester County, Pennsylvania

-State parks:*French Creek State Park*Marsh Creek State Park*White Clay Creek Preserve-Demographics:As of the 2010 census, the county was 85.5% White, 6.1% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 3.9% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 1.8% were two or more races, and 2.4% were...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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 (about 20 miles (32.2 km) southwest of Philadelphia). This airport is operated by New Garden Aviation, Inc.

The airport serves a large general aviation

General aviation

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 community, and offers maintenance facilities, aviation fuel (100LL), flight instruction, aircraft rental and hangar/tie-down space. The Colonial Flying Corps Aviation Museum is located on the field and sponsors an Air Show each June. The airport also hosts the Brandywine Soaring Association and Chapter 240 of the Experimental Aircraft Association

Experimental Aircraft Association

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 (EAA).

Facilities

New Garden Airport covers an area of 134 acres (54.2 ha) and contains one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

:

• Runway 6/24: 3,695 x 50 ft (1,126 x 15 m), Surface: Asphalt
  Asphalt
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