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Started as a 1,700 ft (520 m) grass landing strip known as
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Over the decades, the airport has added aircraft maintenance and storage hangars, a runway extension, a second cross-wind runway, and aircraft parking aprons. In the early 1990s, 100 acres (0.40 km) of land was added to the field's land holdings, instead of becoming a housing development. The
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Operations Building. The former grass strip was re-opened as Minute Man Air Field on July 1, 1969. McPherson's wife and daughter later opened a small coffee shop on the field called "Peg's Place".
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The airport is still owned and operated by Don McPherson.
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619:Don's Blog July 2015 NOTAM
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1034:Camp Edwards Heliport
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223:42.46056°N 71.51778°W
597:Minute Man Air field
377:Minute Man Air Field
180:Minute Man Air Field
25:Minute Man Air Field
1283:Stow, Massachusetts
1142:Haverhill–Riverside
1117:Crosman USAR Center
1092:Boston–Metropolitan
1024:Joint Base Cape Cod
662:live flight tracker
658:airport information
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228:42.46056; -71.51778
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737:Nantucket Memorial
617:Minuteman Airfield
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974:Private use
950:Plum Island
874:Southbridge
854:Northampton
768:New Bedford
761:Non-primary
487:ultralights
483:helicopters
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214:071°31′04″W
201:Coordinates
1277:Categories
1257:Trade Wind
1222:CGAS Salem
1122:Fall River
1000:Tuckernuck
980:Canapitsit
903:Public use
884:Minute Man
864:Pittsfield
666:SkyVector
602:25 October
593:"About Us"
527:References
485:and three
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211:42°27′38″N
173:1969-07-01
1202:Pine Hill
1177:Moore AAF
1152:Leicester
1082:Braintree
1029:Otis ANGB
834:Mansfield
819:Fitchburg
752:Worcester
477:, <1%
454:(91
276:Direction
1262:Westboro
1162:Marlboro
1087:Brockton
1062:Acushnet
1012:Military
992:Muskeget
960:Sterling
920:Falmouth
915:Cranland
910:Cape Cod
879:Westover
869:Plymouth
789:Lawrence
777:Reliever
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515:See also
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1127:Grafton
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