Chapin Field
1B8 · Cambridge, New York · Washington County · map
Chapin Field is a public-use airport, 2 miles north of Cambridge, New York, 510 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 2,130 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1B8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 510 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1966
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,130 × 65 ft | Grass, good | |
| 07/25 | 2,100 × 63 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 05: tree 86 ft high 723 ft from the end
- Runway 23: trees 86 ft high 29 ft from the end
- Runway 07: threshold displaced 222 ft, rr 28 ft high 21 ft from the end
- Runway 25: threshold displaced 306 ft, road 60 ft high 153 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Cambridge from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Cambridge, New York: 3 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided thlds are displaced to provide 20:1 approach slopes.
- Lighted 5 feet fence at runway 25 end.
- Length rdcd on southwest end.
- Width varies from 65-80 feet based on mowing.
- Runway 07 and 25: dthr marked with cones.
- 23 feet railroad, 55 feet LT; an X extnd runway centerline 21 feet from runway end. 8:1 slp to dthr.
- 7:1 slp to dthr. 14 feet hangar, 0 feet from runway end, 66 feet right. 99FT trees; 113 feet left, 14 feet from runway end.
- And runway 07/25 soft and wet MAR-JUN.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.