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Greater Gortner Airport

2MD8 · Oakland, Maryland · Garrett County · map

Greater Gortner Airport is a private airport, 5 miles southwest of Oakland, Maryland, 2,500 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,034 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes
FAA 2MD8
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
2,500 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
On the chart
Cincinnati sectional
Magnetic variation
8W
In the FAA's files since
July 1985

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0422N500 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
04/222,034 × 50 ftGrass

Aircraft registered in Oakland from the FAA register

23 aircraft are registered to owners in Oakland, Maryland: 22 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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:

Saltt Air LLC 2

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

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal

1991-07-20BFO91LA070 · Grumman Aa5 N9599L · accident · serious injuries
1988-08-28BFO88LA077 · Cessna 172 N4156F · accident · no 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

  • Determination pending

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.