McPherson Seaplane Base
McPherson Seaplane Base was a seaplane base (seaplane landing area) in Tompkins County, New York near the city of Ithaca. It featured a landing area (water runway) 10,000 feet long on Cayuga Lake. The lake has an elevation of 382 feet above sea level.
In the mid 20th century it was a full time business with a dock and hangar located on the western side of Cayuga Lake, just south of Crowbar Point. It was attended with regular business hours. At some point in the 1980s, it became an unattended seaplane landing area. At some point in the early 2000s, the seaplane base symbol disappeared from FAA sectional charts, and the FAA identifier 5N1 was removed from the FAA database of airports.
Seaplanes can still land on the lake in this area, but no official FAA seaplane base designation remains.
In the mid 20th century it was a full time business with a dock and hangar located on the western side of Cayuga Lake, just south of Crowbar Point. It was attended with regular business hours. At some point in the 1980s, it became an unattended seaplane landing area. At some point in the early 2000s, the seaplane base symbol disappeared from FAA sectional charts, and the FAA identifier 5N1 was removed from the FAA database of airports.
Seaplanes can still land on the lake in this area, but no official FAA seaplane base designation remains.
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