# Merkle Airport (NK87)

**Merkle Airport** (FAA: NK87) is a small airport in Clarence Center, New York, United States. It opened in Jul 1985. It has one runway, 2,400 ft (732 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nk87

## At a glance

- FAA: NK87
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Clarence Center, New York, United States
- Opened: Jul 1985
- Elevation: 590 ft / 180 m
- Coordinates: 43.0667, -78.5997
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,400 ft / 732 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61723748
- Weather station: KBUF · WMO 72528
- Ident: NK87

## Timeline

- Jul 1985: Merkle Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| E/W | 2,400 ft / 732 m | 40 ft / 12 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,400 ft / 732 m | =21,418 of 29,858 | =9,745 in North America | =8,429 in US |
| Elevation | 590 ft / 180 m | =25,550 of 43,403 | =12,285 in North America | =10,238 in US |
| Age | Opened 1985 | =8,826 of 15,079 | =6,682 in North America | =6,572 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [NK19](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nk19.md) Potoczak Airport · 3.1 mi / 5.0 km
- [D51](https://dromopedia.com/airports/d51.md) Clarence Aerodrome · 4.2 mi / 6.8 km
- [0G0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/0g0.md) North Buffalo Suburban Airport · 5.8 mi / 9.3 km
- [9G3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k9g3.md) Akron Airport/Jesson Field · 6.7 mi / 11 km
- [9G5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9g5.md) Royalton Airport · 8.2 mi / 13 km
- [78NY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/78ny.md) Flying F Airport · 9.1 mi / 15 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/nk87/data