Provincetown Municipal Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located at the end of Cape Cod

Cape Cod

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, two miles (3 km) northwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Provincetown

Provincetown, Massachusetts

Provincetown is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 3,431 at the 2000 census, with an estimated 2007 population of 3,174...

, a town in Barnstable County

Barnstable County, Massachusetts

Barnstable County is a county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, consisting of Cape Cod and associated islands. As of the 2010 census, the population was 216,902...

, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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, United States

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. This airport is operated by the Town of Provincetown on land leased from the National Park Service

National Park Service

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. The airport is used for general aviation and by one commercial airline, Cape Air

Cape Air

Hyannis Air Service, Inc., operating as Cape Air, is an airline headquartered at Barnstable Municipal Airport in Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. It operates scheduled passenger services in the Northeast, Florida, the Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic States, Midwest, and Micronesia...

, which operates non-stop flights of 25 minutes duration to Boston's Logan International Airport

Logan International Airport

General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport is located in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts . It covers , has six runways, and employs an estimated 16,000 people. It is the 19th busiest airport in the United States.Boston serves as a focus city for JetBlue Airways...

. During the off-season, Cape Air operates three daily flights each way. On summer weekends, flights are scheduled approximately every 45 minutes in both directions. The airport recently added complimentary high-speed internet access for all passengers and crew members utilizing the facility. A limited amount of free parking is available for vehicles used by general and commercial aviation passengers. Aircraft parking is available from Cape Air

Cape Air

Hyannis Air Service, Inc., operating as Cape Air, is an airline headquartered at Barnstable Municipal Airport in Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States. It operates scheduled passenger services in the Northeast, Florida, the Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic States, Midwest, and Micronesia...

, the Fixed Base Operator

Fixed base operator

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Facilities and aircraft

Provincetown Municipal Airport covers an area of 310 acres (125 ha) which contains one paved runway

Runway

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 (7/25) measuring 3,500 x 100 ft. (1,067 x 30 m).

For 12-month period ending January 1, 2007, the airport had 104,950 aircraft operations, an average of 287 per day: 98% general aviation

General aviation

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, 2% air taxi

Air taxi

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and <1% military. There are 7 aircraft based at this airport: 6 single engine and 1 multi-engine.

Ground Transportation

Taxis are generally available in front of the terminal of the airpot. The fee for one person into Provincetown is $7. Mercedes Cab is the most reliable taxi into the center of Provincetown, as well as Truro, Welfleet and Eastham. Rental cars are available in the passenger terminal at Provincetown. In the summer months a shuttle bus service runs between the airport, race point beach and the town center.