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KFSO Franklin County State Airport
Highgate, Vermont, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 2024

Location

FAA Identifier: FSO
Lat/Long: 44-56-25.0000N 073-05-50.9000W
44-56.416667N 073-05.848333W
44.9402778,-73.0974722
(estimated)
Elevation: 227.9 ft. / 69.5 m (surveyed)
Variation: 16W (1995)
From city: 3 miles W of HIGHGATE, VT
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 05488

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 07/1970
Control tower: no
ARTCC: BOSTON CENTER
FSS: BURLINGTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: BTV (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: NOV-MAR M-F 0830-1700, APR-OCT M-F 0730-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN. ACTVT REIL RWYS 01 & 19; PAPI RWY 01; MIRL RWY 01/19 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.
International operations: customs landing rights airport

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 119.025 (802-868-9941)
BURLINGTON APPROACH: 121.1 [0530-0000]
BURLINGTON DEPARTURE: 121.1 [0530-0000]
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY BOSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 120.35/342.25 (ST. ALBANS RCAG) WHEN BURLINGTON APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BTVr021/32.8BURLINGTON VOR/DME117.5015W

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A1+
100LL:FUEL AVBL 24 HRS SELF-SERVE. AFT HRS SELF-SERVE FUEL KIOSK DOES NOT ACPT MASTERCARD.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 1/19

Dimensions: 3001 x 60 ft. / 915 x 18 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 1  RUNWAY 19
Latitude: 44-56.173935N44-56.659502N
Longitude: 073-05.783992W073-05.911120W
Elevation: 227.6 ft.227.7 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 005 magnetic, 349 true185 magnetic, 169 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 93 ft. trees, 1771 ft. from runway, 250 ft. left of centerline, 16:1 slope to clear27 ft. trees, 580 ft. from runway, 27 ft. right of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: STATE OF VERMONT
219 N MAIN ST
BARRE, VT 05641
Phone 802-279-2647
Manager: ROLLIN TEBBETTS
219 N MAIN ST
BARRE, VT 05641
Phone 802-585-5586

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 58
Single engine airplanes: 57
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 135/week *
85% local general aviation
9% transient general aviation
6% military
* for 12-month period ending 30 June 2019

Additional Remarks

RWY CONDS MAY NOT BE MNT OR RPRTD WHEN ARPT IS UNATNDD.
MIL EQPT MAY BE NEAR RWY.
SEAGULLS INVOF ARPT.
FOR CD CTC BURLINGTON APCH AT 802-657-4413, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC BOSTON ARTCC AT 603-879-6859.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use from 21 March 2024 at 0901Z to 18 April 2024 at 0900z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 01   download (216KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 19   download (187KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (128KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (178KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KPBG - Plattsburgh International Airport (23 nm SW)
KBTV - Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (28 nm S)
KMVL - Morrisville-Stowe State Airport (32 nm SE)
KEFK - Northeast Kingdom International Airport (37 nm E)
KMPV - Edward F Knapp State Airport (50 nm SE)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KFSO (Franklin County State Airport)
Photo by Pete Chaisson – Portland Flight Services
Photo taken 19-Aug-2014
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 28-Mar-2024
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1010:10
Sunrise06:4010:40
Sunset19:1523:15
Evening civil twilight19:4423:44

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  28-Mar-2024 21:26:07
Local (UTC-4)  28-Mar-2024 17:26:07
 
METAR
KFSO 282055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC038 08/00 A2994 RMK AO2 T00750000
CWFQ 
13nm NE 
282000Z AUTO 34005KT 06/M00 RMK AO1 PRESFR SLP127 T00561001 58030
TAF
KPBG 
23nm SW 
281739Z 2818/2918 VRB04KT P6SM SCT035 OVC050 FM290800 31006KT P6SM BKN180 FM291600 32010G20KT P6SM SCT210
KBTV 
29nm S 
281739Z 2818/2918 04007KT P6SM BKN035 FM290000 34006KT P6SM BKN060 FM291600 32013G22KT P6SM SCT210
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Border Air 802-868-2822
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