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Princeton Airport

39N · Princeton/Rocky Hill, New Jersey · Somerset County · map

Princeton Airport is a public-use airport owned by Princeton Aero CORP, 3 miles north of Princeton/Rocky Hill, New Jersey, 128 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,499 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).

The airport

Codes
FAA 39N
Kind
Airport · open to the public · privately owned
Owner
Princeton Aero CORP
Elevation
128 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
every day, 8:00 am to dusk
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A
Repairs
airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
Parking
hangar, tiedown
Notes
landing fee
On the chart
New York sectional
Magnetic variation
13W
In the FAA's files since
April 1938

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

1028N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
10/283,499 × 75 ftAsphalt, fairMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, tree 44 ft high 1,503 ft from the end
  • Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 369 ft, building 41 ft high 528 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.725
Approach and departure132.8
WILKES-BARRE and star127.6

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Aircraft registered in Princeton/Rocky Hill from the FAA register

No aircraft on the register list Princeton/Rocky Hill, NJ as the owner's town.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 2 fatal

2023-08-31ERA23FA357 · Robinson Helicopter R22 Beta N2356M · accident · 1 killed
2023-08-09ERA23LA339 · Cessna 172R N172FW · accident · no injuries
2019-02-23GAA19CA153 · Cessna 172 N5338N · accident · no injuries
2015-05-16GAA15CA079 · Piper Pa 28-140 N16491 · accident · no injuries
2014-05-21ERA14LA254 · John V Rawson JR Sprint II N505CR · accident · serious injuries
2011-02-25ERA11CA171 · Aerostar Aircraft Corporation Pa-60-601P N444TT · accident · no injuries
2009-07-04ERA09LA379 · Cessna 172M N64178 · accident · no injuries
2008-02-21NYC08LA107 · Christer Vans Rv9-A N159AS · accident · serious injuries
2005-04-07IAD05LA053 · Mooney M20J N4398H · accident · minor injuries
2000-07-29IAD00LA068 · Cessna 172P N65827 · accident · serious injuries
1998-05-16IAD98LA060 · Piper Pa-28-151 N56969 · accident · minor injuries
1993-05-07BFO93LA071 · American General Aircraft Ag5B N1192P · 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

  • Established 1927.
  • Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 and runway end identifier lights runway 10 - 123.05.
  • Unatndd xmas day and New years day.
  • Runway 10/28 right traffic helicopters.
  • Runway 28 approach slope 21:1 to displaced thld.
  • Nmrs transverse cracks alg entr length of runway.
  • Runway 28 departure no turns until at least 900 feet above sea level and beyond cherry Hill road.
  • Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.

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.