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Nantucket Memorial Airport

ICAO KACK41.2531°N 70.0602°W47 ft / 14 mMedium airport
On the map
Nantucket Airport Terminal Area (11353875455)
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Nantucket Memorial Airport (IATA: ACK, ICAO: KACK) is a medium airport in Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,303 ft (1,921 m). In 2025 it handled 302 thousand passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1940–1958
APR 1940
OpenedNantucket Memorial Airport opens.
15 AUG 1958
DisasterNortheast Airlines Flight 258.25 killed
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Nantucket Memorial Airport
06/24045° / 225° · LIT
LENGTH6,303 ft1,921 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
15/33135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH4,500 ft1,372 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2015–2025
310K
252K
224K
251K
269K
96K
270K
279K
272K
302K
302K
1516171819202122232425

Routes

15 destinations · 1 country
500 km1,000 km1,500 km250 mi500 mi750 mi1,000 miMVY · Martha's Vineyard Airport · 30 mi / 49 kmHYA · Cape Cod Gateway Airport · 31 mi / 50 kmEWB · New Bedford Regional Airport · 55 mi / 88 kmBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 91 mi / 146 kmOWD · Norwood Memorial Airport · 86 mi / 139 kmHPN · Westchester County Airport · 190 mi / 306 kmJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 199 mi / 320 kmLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 201 mi / 324 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 218 mi / 351 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 288 mi / 464 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 405 mi / 651 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 722 mi / 1,162 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 921 mi / 1,483 kmDXR · Danbury Municipal Airport · 178 mi / 286 kmPVD · Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport · 78 mi / 125 kmORDCLTDCAPHLEWRDXRBOSEWBJFKHPNOWDPVDHYAMVYLGAACK
Seasonal10
OWDNorwood Memorial AirportUnited States · Cape Air139 km86 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, JetBlue Airways146 km91 miHPNWestchester County AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways306 km190 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Cape Air, Delta Connection, JetBlue Airways320 km199 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle, JetBlue Airways324 km201 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express351 km218 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle464 km288 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle, JetBlue Airways651 km405 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,162 km722 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle1,483 km921 mi
Most destinationsCape Air 6American Eagle 6JetBlue Airways 5Delta Connection 2United Express 2Reliant Air 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ACK. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Nantucket Memorial Airport” (revision of 14 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers302K (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#1,344of 3,974 · #304 North America · #203 USLongest runway6,303 ft1,921 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#4,234of 29,823 · #1,110 North America · #857 USElevation47 ft14 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=39,407of 43,341 · =17,868 North America · =14,753 USAgeOpened 19402026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,114of 15,079 · =366 North America · =338 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

8 channels
A/DCAPE APP/DEP126.100
ATISATIS127.500
CLDCLNC DEL119.375
CTAFCTAF118.300
GNDGND121.700
RDOBRIDGEPORT RDO116.200
TWRTWR118.300
UNICUNICOM122.950