# Plum Island Airport (2B2)

**Plum Island Airport** (FAA: 2B2) is a small airport in Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,300 ft (701 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/2b2

## At a glance

- FAA: 2B2
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 11 ft / 3 m
- Coordinates: 42.7959, -70.8412
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,300 ft / 701 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plum_Island_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7205329
- Weather station: KBVY
- Ident: 2B2

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Plum Island Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 2,300 ft / 701 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |
| 10/28 | 2,105 ft / 642 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Asphalt | 087° / 267° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,300 ft / 701 m | =22,074 of 29,858 | =10,266 in North America | =8,909 in US |
| Elevation | 11 ft / 3 m | =42,299 of 43,403 | =19,046 in North America | =15,546 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [MA36](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ma36.md) Snow Airport · 9.0 mi / 14 km
- [6MA2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6ma2.md) Meadowbrook Airport · 9.0 mi / 15 km
- [21NH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/21nh.md) Propwash Airport · 9.6 mi / 15 km
- [06NH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/06nh.md) Cole Farm Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [7B3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/7b3.md) Hampton Airfield · 11 mi / 18 km
- [BVY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbvy.md) Beverly Regional Airport · 15 mi / 24 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/2b2/data