Nantucket Memorial
ACK · KACK · Nantucket, Massachusetts · Nantucket County · map
Nantucket Memorial is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Nantucket, 3 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, 47 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 6,303 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KACK · observed 2:53 pm EDT (18:53 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 13 knots, gusting to 22
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 58°F (14°C), dew point 40°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 10:00 pm EDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 6:00 am EDT (10:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KACK 061853Z 27013G22KT 10SM CLR 14/04 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP159 T01440044
TAF KACK 061720Z 0618/0718 28012KT P6SM SKC FM070200 32007KT P6SM SKC FM071000 22004KT P6SM SKC FM071400 21009KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ACK · ICAO KACK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Nantucket
- Elevation
- 47 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:00 pm may 15-sep 30; 6:00 am to 9:00 pm oct 1-may 14
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 6,303 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 4,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), threshold displaced 538 ft, 5,765 ft available for landing
- Runway 24: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, short approach lights with alignment lights (SSALR)
- Runway 15: building 30 ft high 800 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.3 | Nantucket |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 127.5 | Nantucket |
| Clearance delivery | 119.375 | Nantucket |
| Ground | 132.5 | Nantucket |
| Approach and departure | 126.1 | Nantucket |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Nantucket |
| Clamy and star · Deepo and star | 133.75 | Nantucket |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 508-325-6082.
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Aircraft registered in Nantucket from the FAA register
52 aircraft are registered to owners in Nantucket, Massachusetts: 32 piston singles, 8 piston twins, 7 turboprops, 3 business jets, 2 helicopters. 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:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Massachusetts.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 27 since 1982, 6 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
- Established prior to 1959.
- Be aware of HIGH-SPD military jet and hvy helicopter traffic vicinity air station cape cod.
- When the control tower closed activate malsf runway 06; ssalr runway 24; high-intensity runway lights runway 06/24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 06, 24 and 33 operates 24 hours.
- Fee for NON-COML aircraft parking.
- Ssalr unmon when tower closed.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway F rstrd to small aircraft 12500 pounds or less.
- Txl F between taxiway B and taxiway H closed to aircraft with wingspan more than 79FT.
- All aircraft, apu use lmtd to 15 minimum.
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.