Genesee County Airport

Genesee County Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KGVQ – FAA LID: GVQ
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Genesee County
Operator Genesee County Highway Department
Serves Batavia, New York
Elevation AMSL 914 ft / 279 m
Coordinates 43°01′54″N 078°10′11″W / 43.03167°N 78.16972°W / 43.03167; -78.16972Coordinates: 43°01′54″N 078°10′11″W / 43.03167°N 78.16972°W / 43.03167; -78.16972
Website www.co.genesee.ny.us/...
Map
GVQ

Location of airport in New York

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 40,000
Based aircraft 48

Genesee County Airport (ICAO: KGVQ, FAA LID: GVQ, formerly 3G8) is a county owned, public use airport in Genesee County, New York, United States.[1] It is located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Batavia,[1] a city located within the Town of Batavia.

This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.[2] Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GVQ by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]

Facilities and aircraft

Genesee County Airport covers an area of 326 acres (132 ha) at an elevation of 914 feet (279 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 18, 2009, the airport had 40,000 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, 6% jet and 4% helicopter.[1]

Nearby airports

Nearby airports with instrument approach procedures include:[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 FAA Airport Master Record for GVQ (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 8, 2010.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ "IATA Airport Code Search (GVQ)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Genesee County Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KGVQ, FAA: GVQ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
  5. ↑ "KGVQ – Genesee County Airport". AirNav.com. Retrieved June 17, 2013.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Thursday, October 01, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.