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Cranland Airport

28M · Hanson, Massachusetts · Plymouth County · map

Cranland Airport is a public-use airport owned by Cranland INC, 3 miles southeast of Hanson, Massachusetts, 71 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 1,760 feet of asphalt.

The airport

Codes
FAA 28M
Kind
Airport · open to the public · privately owned
Owner
Cranland INC
Elevation
71 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
Monday to Friday, irregular hours
Repairs
airframe: none; engine: none
Parking
tiedown
On the chart
New York sectional
Magnetic variation
16W
In the FAA's files since
March 1961

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1836N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
18/361,760 × 60 ftAsphalt, good
  • Runway 18: trees 60 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
  • Runway 36: trees 60 ft high 800 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com

Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.

Aircraft registered in Hanson from the FAA register

9 aircraft are registered to owners in Hanson, Massachusetts: 7 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Runway 37 INC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Massachusetts.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 1 fatal

2022-07-17ERA22LA327 · Cessna 150 N5859E · accident · no injuries
2019-12-23ERA20CA111 · Piper Pa28 N5792U · accident · no injuries
2018-08-27ERA18TA236 · Cessna 182 N3115R · accident · no injuries
2018-08-24ERA18FA230 · Aeronca 7Ac N65HM · accident · 1 killed
2001-07-31NYC01LA195 · Fairchild M-62A-3 N9515H · accident · minor injuries

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

  • NON-COMPLIANCE with far 157.
  • Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Tgl T not advised.
  • Avoid tax operations on grass when gnd is saturated.
  • This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.

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.