Kentmorr Airpark

(ICAO: K3W3, FAA LID: 3W3) is an airport located five miles south of Stevensville, Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay.[2]

Kentmorr Airpark
Summary
OperatorJohn McCarthy
ServesStevensville, Maryland
Built1945 [1]
Coordinates38.91797°N 76.35877°W / 38.91797; -76.35877
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10-28 2,400 732 turf

History

The airport was founded by Nathan "Bill" Morris on a potato patch located on Kent Island. He built a hangar with a small single family home above, creating one of the first hangar-homes in the country. Morris was one of the world's oldest active pilots later in life flying at 98 years of age.[3] The residential airpark is lined with 14 homes that share access to the grass runway.[4]

References

  1. John R. Breihan. Maryland Aviation. p. 22.
  2. Flying Magazine: 91. May 1948. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Bill Morris dies at 98". Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  4. Amy Laboda. "Living with the Love of your Life". AOPA Pilot: 68.
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