# Henion Private Field Airport (NK72)

**Henion Private Field Airport** (FAA: NK72) is a small airport in Danby, New York, United States. It opened in Nov 1983. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,700 ft (518 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nk72

## At a glance

- FAA: NK72
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Danby, New York, United States
- Opened: Nov 1983
- Elevation: 1,386 ft / 423 m
- Coordinates: 42.3760, -76.5319
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,700 ft / 518 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61676247
- Weather station: KITH
- Ident: NK72

## Timeline

- Nov 1983: Henion Private Field Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16/34 | 1,700 ft / 518 m | 70 ft / 21 m | Grass |  |  |
| 09/27 | 1,200 ft / 366 m | 70 ft / 21 m | Grass |  |  |

- 16/34 slopes 4.9%: threshold 16 at 1,302 ft / 397 m, threshold 34 at 1,385 ft / 422 m.
- 09/27 slopes 3.3%: threshold 09 at 1,295 ft / 395 m, threshold 27 at 1,334 ft / 407 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,700 ft / 518 m | =26,806 of 29,858 | =13,427 in North America | =11,917 in US |
| Elevation | 1,386 ft / 423 m | =12,986 of 43,403 | =5,600 in North America | =4,293 in US |
| Age | Opened 1983 | =8,556 of 15,079 | =6,455 in North America | =6,350 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

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- [NY18](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ny18.md) Neno Airport · 6.6 mi / 11 km
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## In collections

- [Steepest runways](https://dromopedia.com/collections/steepest-runways) #43

## 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/nk72/data