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KFSO Franklin County State Airport
Highgate, Vermont, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 AUGUST 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: FSO
Lat/Long: 44-56-25.0110N / 073-05-50.8560W
44-56.416850N / 073-05.847600W
44.9402808 / -73.0974600
(estimated)
Elevation: 228 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
Sectional chart: MONTREAL
Control tower: no
ARTCC: BOSTON CENTER
FSS: BURLINGTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: BTV (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: NOV-MAR 0830-1700, APR-OCT 0730-1700
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN. ACTVT MIRL RY 01/19; PAPI RY 01 & REIL RYS 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(EAST) 126.3(WEST) [0530-0000]
BURLINGTON DEPARTURE: 121.1(EAST) 126.3(WEST) [0530-0000]
  • APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY BOSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 120.35/342.25 (BURLINGTON RCAG) WHEN BURLINGTON APCH CTL CLSD.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
YJNr169/21.2ST JEAN VORTAC115.8016W
PLBr065/23.7PLATTSBURGH VORTAC116.9015W
BTVr021/32.8BURLINGTON VOR/DME117.5015W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
MORRISVILLE/STOWE331/30.737516WJRV .--- .-. ...-
MOUNT MANSFIELD349/37.426816WVKN ...- -.- -.
NEWPORT286/39.124217WEFK . ..-. -.-

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A+
FUEL AVBL 24 HRS SELF-SERVE.
Parking: hangars and tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 1/19

Dimensions: 3000 x 60 ft. / 914 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: 44-56.174108N44-56.659513N
Longitude: 073-05.784120W073-05.911148W
Elevation: 227.7 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)
VGSI AND GLIDEPATH NOT COINCIDENT.
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 67 ft. tree, 1626 ft. from runway, 382 ft. left of centerline, 21:1 slope to clear19 ft. tree, 623 ft. from runway, 32 ft. right of centerline, 22:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: STATE OF VERMONT
133 STATE STREET
MONTPELIER, VT 05602
Phone 802-828-2833
Manager: CLIFF COY
629 AIRPORT RD
SWANTON, VT 05488
Phone 802-868-2822

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 54
Single engine airplanes: 48
Multi engine airplanes: 1
Ultralights: 5
    
Aircraft operations: avg 28/day *
57% local general aviation
28% transient general aviation
15% military
* for 12-month period ending 01 April 2011

Additional Remarks

RY CONDS MAY NOT BE MONITORED OR REPORTED WHEN THE ARPT IS UNATNDD.
MILITARY EQUIPMENT MAY BE NEAR THE RY.
TURF LANDING AREA EAST SIDE OF RY 01/19; NO SIMULTANEOUS OPS.
GCO AVBL ON FREQ 121.725 THRU BTV CD & FLT SVCS.
SEAGULLS INVOF ARPT.

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 between 19 September 2013 at 0901Z and 17 October 2013 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 01   download (231KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 19   download (180KB)
VOR/DME RWY 19   download (185KB)
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply   download (26KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (178KB)

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KPBG - Plattsburgh International Airport (23 nm SW)
KBTV - Burlington International Airport (28 nm S)
KMVL - Morrisville-Stowe State Airport (32 nm SE)
KEFK - Newport State Airport (37 nm E)
KMPV - Edward F Knapp State Airport (50 nm SE)
 
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Oct-2013
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4110:41
Sunrise07:1011:10
Sunset18:0622:06
Evening civil twilight18:3522:35

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Oct-2013 23:58:48
Local (UTC-4)  16-Oct-2013 19:58:48
 
METAR
KFSO 162255Z AUTO 18009G17KT 10SM SCT070 BKN080 OVC110 19/09 A2984 RMK AO2 T01900087
CWFQ 
13nm NE 
162200Z AUTO 15002KT 17/10 RMK AO1 T01700101
TAF
KPBG 
23nm SW 
161737Z 1618/1718 16012G20KT P6SM OVC100 FM170000 19012G16KT 5SM -SHRA BR BKN030 FM170500 19004KT P6SM VCSH BKN035 FM171400 25008KT P6SM BKN050
KBTV 
29nm S 
161730Z 1618/1718 20014G24KT P6SM FEW060 BKN100 FM170200 20010KT 5SM -SHRA BR BKN025 FM171000 19005KT P6SM VCSH BKN035 FM171400 22008KT P6SM BKN050
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Border Air 802-868-2822
[email]
Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Hangars, Hangar leasing / sales, Passenger terminal and lounge, Flight training, Aircraft rental, ...
 
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100LL Jet A
SS $6.00 $4.50 
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SS=Self service
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