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{{Short description|Airport in Massachusetts, United States of America}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox airport
| name         = Sterling Airport
| image        = 
| FAA          = 3B3
| type         = Public
| owner        = Monadnock Realty Corp
| operator     = 
| city-served  = [[Sterling, Massachusetts]]
| location     = <!--if different than above-->
| elevation-f  = 459
| elevation-m  = 140
| website      = {{URL|http://www.sterlingairport.net/}}
| coordinates  = {{coord|42|25|33|N|071|47|34|W|region:US-MA_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}
| mapframe     = yes
| r1-number    = 16/34
| r1-length-f  = 3,086
| r1-length-m  = 941
| r1-surface   = Asphalt
| h1-number    = H1
| h1-length-f  = 50
| h1-length-m  = 15
| h1-surface   = Asphalt
| stat-year    = 2010
| stat1-header = Aircraft operations
| stat1-data   = 49,260
| stat2-header = Based aircraft
| stat2-data   = 78
| footnotes    = Source: [[Federal Aviation Administration]]<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport|ID=3B3|use=PU|own=PR|site=09315.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 25 August 2011.</ref>
}}

'''Sterling Airport''' {{airport codes|||3B3}} is a public use [[airport]] located two&nbsp;[[nautical mile]]s (4&nbsp;[[kilometre|km]]) southwest of the [[central business district]] of [[Sterling, Massachusetts|Sterling]], a town in [[Worcester County, Massachusetts|Worcester County]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]]. It is privately owned by Monadnock Realty Corp.<ref name="FAA" />

It is a fairly inexpensive place to rent airplanes, as the starting rate is $99/hour for a two-seater Cessna 150. The airport has many parking spaces, open-air and in hangars. The Sterling Airport closes its runways in early September for the Sterling Fair, during which time, all the aircraft tied down on the field must be flown elsewhere. Even the glider trailers are moved off-field. But after the fair, the airport opens for normal operations once again.

Sterling Airport is also the home of the Greater Boston Soaring Club.

== Facilities and aircraft ==
Sterling Airport covers an area of 100 [[acre]]s (40 [[hectare|ha]]) at an [[elevation]] of 459 feet (140 m) above [[mean sea level]]. It has one [[runway]] designated 16/34 with an [[Asphalt concrete|asphalt]] surface measuring 3,086 by 40 feet (941 x 12 m) and one [[helipad]] designated H1 which is 50 by 50 feet (15 x 15 m).<ref name="FAA" />

For the 12-month period ending June 1, 2010, the airport had 49,260 aircraft operations, an average of 134 per day:
99% [[general aviation]], <1% [[air taxi]], and <1% [[military aviation|military]]. At that time there were 78 aircraft based at this airport: 37% single-[[aircraft engine|engine]], 3% multi-engine, 56% [[glider (sailplane)|glider]], and 4% [[ultralight]].<ref name="FAA" />

==See also==
* [[List of airports in Massachusetts]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://msrmaps.com/map.aspx?t=1&s=11&lat=42.4249&lon=-71.7959&w=800&h=700&lp=---+None+--- Aerial image as of March 1995] from [[USGS]] ''[[The National Map]]''
* {{US-airport-minor|3B3}}

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[[Category:Airports in Worcester County, Massachusetts]]


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