While waiting for a long TopOSM map tile rendering to finish, I decided to finish part 1 of my project of cleaning up the airports in Massachusetts: Ensuring that all airports large enough to have a non-numerical FAA designator are complete and tagged according to conventions.

Beyond memory (I've flown into many of them), I use primarily the Yahoo imagery, the FAA Airport/Facility Directory and, on occasion, FAA airport diagrams to ensure that they are correct.

Airports finished so far are: Barre - Tanner/Hiller (8B5), Bedford/Hanscom Field (BED), Beverly Municipal (BVD), Boston Logan (BOS), Chatham Municipal (CQX), Falmouth/Cape Cod (FMH), Falmouth Airpark (5B6), Fitchburg Municipal (FIT), Gardner Municipal (GDM), Great Barrington/Koladza (GBR), Hyannis (HYA), Lawrence Municipal (LWM), Marshfield/Harlow Field (GHG), Nantucket (ACK), New Bedford (EWB), North Adams (AQW), Norwood Memorial (OWD), Orange Municipal (ORE), Pittsfield Municipal (PSF), Plymouth Municipal (PYM), Provincetown Municipal (PVC), Springfield/Westover (CEF), Taunton/King (TAN), Martha's Vineyard (MVY), Westfield/Springfield Barnes (BAF) and Worcester (ORH).

Many of these did not have runways, taxiways and ramp area, and some were duplicated - probably due to some large data import. This should improve the situation somewhat.

Next round will be the minor airports. Stay tuned...