Cherry Springs Airport | |||||||||||
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 A 1938 aerial photo of the airport (top) and Cherry Springs State Park | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Closed | ||||||||||
| Owner | Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry | ||||||||||
| Serves | Galeton, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Location | West Branch Township, Potter County, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,297 ft / 700[1] m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°40′00″N 077°48′59″W / 41.66667°N 77.81639°W[1] | ||||||||||
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Cherry Springs Airport (FAA LID: 5G6) was a small general aviation airport which operated between 1935 and 2007 in Potter County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It was built as an emergency landing field during the Great Depression on land that was part of the Susquehannock State Forest, just north of Cherry Springs State Park. It became a small airport with a sod runway and was the site of a prominent murder in 1952. In 2006 the airport land was transferred to the state park to allow expansion of amateur astronomy there, and it formally closed in 2007. The airport was located on Pennsylvania Route 44 in West Branch Township, about 9 miles (14 km) southwest of the borough of Galeton, Pennsylvania.
- ^ a b "Cherry Springs Airport". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. August 30, 1990. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
- ^ Federal Aviation Administration. "Cherry Springs Airport". Public 5010 Web. Archived from the original on 2009-06-16. Retrieved 2009-03-30.