Essex Skypark Airport
W48 · Baltimore, Maryland · Baltimore County · map
Essex Skypark Airport is a public-use airport owned by Essex Skypark Association, INC., 3 miles southeast of Baltimore, Maryland, 14 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,081 feet of asphalt. It has 1 water landing area.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W48
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Essex Skypark Association, INC.
- Elevation
- 14 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16W/34W | 3,000 × 300 ft | Water | |
| 16/34 | 2,081 × 30 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 16: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 49 ft high 1,215 ft from the end
- Runway 34: PAPI, two lights on the right, trees 58 ft high 1,469 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 |
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Aircraft registered in Baltimore from the FAA register
90 aircraft are registered to owners in Baltimore, Maryland: 62 piston singles, 9 helicopters, 8 business jets, 3 turboprops, 3 gliders. 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 Maryland.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Airport existed prior to 1959; spb airspacing no objection.
- Tgl NA.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 16 and 34; medium-intensity runway lights runway 16/34 - the common traffic frequency.
- Pla and helicopter pattern NA. prior permission required for military, emergency and med aircraft.
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.