Norwood (Mass.) Memorial Airport, which closed to fixed-wing traffic on March 15 as a result of damage from the Nor’Easter that tore through the Northeast over the March 12 weekend, yesterday reopened to fixed-wing traffic during daylight hours. Situated on the Neponset River flood plain nearly midway between Boston and Providence, the GA airfield, home to nearly 200 aircraft ranging from helicopters to business jets, typically sees about 275 operations a day, and is a reliever airport for Boston Logan International.
“The runways and taxiways were flooded, all but some of the western-most parking aprons and helicopter operating area,” airport manager Russ Maguire told AIN. One pilot reported that his company’s Cessna Citation was “currently stuck there…thankfully on dry land,” while another observer noted that the water level on the ramps rose higher than many of the smaller aircrafts wheels.
