3500 grass strip - how many acres?

[satpak77]

How many acres are needed for a 3500 grass strip along with a T-Hangar?

Thanks

 

[Kingair1181]

1 acre = 43,560 sq ft. Figure the runway is 50 feet wide. 50x3500 = 175000 sq ft. Rougly 4 acres right there and then say another acre for your hanger so that'd be 5 acres. I think the math adds up but it's been a long week.

 

[CrimsonEclipse]

I used to fly out of a 1000' strip on 12 acres.

Don't forget about neighbors, approach path, clearings,
and regulations. Look for a minimum of 15 acres.

CE

 

[Northern Lights]

Just a WAG here, but I would guess 16-20 or so. My fuzzy math goes like this:

One section of land (one square mile) is 640 acres, which is about 25 acres long and wide. So 3500 feet or two-thirds of a mile would be about 16 acres long, plus a few more for the hanger and any extra space that you need.

 

[A Squared]

Just a WAG here, but I would guess 16-20 or so. My fuzzy math goes like this:

One section of land (one square mile) is 640 acres, which is about 25 acres long and wide. So 3500 feet or two-thirds of a mile would be about 16 acres long, plus a few more for the hanger and any extra space that you need.

Uhhhh, something isn't "xxx acres long", it can't be. An acre is a unit of area, not of length. It's a bit like saying something is 46 gallons long, or I have 40 knots of farmland.

One thing to keep in mind is that you may not be able to find a long skinny parcel of land. depending on where you are and what the local the planning guidelines are, subdivided parcels may very well be restricted to a certain ratio of length to width. 2:1 is not uncommon. A 15 acre parcel which is exactly 3500 ft long (no clearways or approach paths) would be 186 feet wide which is 18:1 I'm not saying that you can't find a long skinny piece of land, but it's going to be tough. Unless you do, the size of the parcel is going to increase considerably. A parcel 3/4 mile long by 1/3 mile wide (3960 x 1320) would be a 3:1 ratio and that would be 123 acres of land.

 

[WGP guy]

Uhhhh, something isn't "xxx acres long", it can't be. An acre is a unit of area, not of length. It's a bit like saying something is 46 gallons long, or I have 40 knots of farmland.

One thing to keep in mind is that you may not be able to find a long skinny parcel of land. depending on where you are and what the local the planning guidelines are, subdivided parcels may very well be restricted to a certain ratio of length to width. 2:1 is not uncommon. A 15 acre parcel which is exactly 3500 ft long (no clearways or approach paths) would be 186 feet wide which is 18:1 I'm not saying that you can't find a long skinny piece of land, but it's going to be tough. Unless you do, the size of the parcel is going to increase considerably. A parcel 3/4 mile long by 1/3 mile wide (3960 x 1320) would be a 3:1 ratio and that would be 123 acres of land.

Acres are defined as 43,560 ft^2 (squared), meaning they are square plots of land. You would have to pick and choose parts of acres if you wanted to have a rectangle.

 

[paulsalem]

Acres are defined as 43,560 ft^2 (squared), meaning they are square plots of land. You would have to pick and choose parts of acres if you wanted to have a rectangle.

The "squared" doesn’t mean: Y by Y. (5,000 x 5,000)

It could be (and most of the time is) X by Y. (5,000 x 3,000)

Squared simply means you've multiplied the same units together. Feet x Feet=Feet^2 (aka feet squared, or square feet).

So in theory you could get a piece of land that is 3500 x 50; which is 17,500 square feet. But Odds are you're not going to find someone to sell you just that long skinny strip of grass.

 

[WGP guy]

The "squared" doesn’t mean: Y by Y. (5,000 x 5,000)

It could be (and most of the time is) X by Y. (5,000 x 3,000)

Squared simply means you've multiplied the same units together. Feet x Feet=Feet^2 (aka feet squared, or square feet).

So in theory you could get a piece of land that is 3500 x 50; which is 17,500 square feet. But Odds are you're not going to find someone to sell you just that long skinny strip of grass.

Basically what I was stating. I meant to say you probably won't find one thats not square or almost square.

 

[A Squared]

Wow, this just keeps getting weirder and weirder.

Acres are defined as 43,560 ft^2 (squared),

yes

meaning they are square plots of land.

No, an acre has no shape, it's a unit of area. That's like saying a quart is round.

You would have to pick and choose parts of acres if you wanted to have a rectangle.

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[WGP guy]

Wow, this just keeps getting weirder and weirder.



yes




No, an acre has no shape, it's a unit of area. That's like saying a quart is round.





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I wasn't speaking in terms of how an acre is defined, I know that it is only a measurement of area. I was stating that the majority of land sold in acres is generally almost square.