Franklin County State Airport

Coordinates: 44°56′25″N 073°05′51″W / 44.94028°N 73.09750°W / 44.94028; -73.09750

Franklin County State Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KFSO – FAA LID: FSO
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Vermont
Serves Franklin County, Vermont
Location Highgate, Vermont
Elevation AMSL 228 ft / 69 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 3,000 914 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 10,200
Based aircraft 86

Franklin County State Airport (ICAO: KFSO, FAA LID: FSO) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Highgate, a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States. It is owned by the State of Vermont.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Franklin County State Airport is assigned FSO by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Franklin County State Airport covers an area of 348 acres (141 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (1/19) measuring 3,000 x 60 ft (914 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2009, the airport had 10,200 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% military and <1% air taxi. There are 86 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single engine, 3% multi-engine, 1% helicopters and 6% ultralights.

Notable Events

The Grateful Dead gave two performances at the airport: on July 13, 1994, and on June 15, 1995.

References

  1. ↑ Source: City-Data.com effective 2009-08-31
  2. ↑ Airport information for KFSO - Highgate, Vermont (Franklin County State Airport) at Great Circle Mapper.

External links

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