FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 12 JUNE 2025
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 |
BTVr021/32.8 | | BURLINGTON VOR/DME | | 117.50 | | 15W |
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: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 1 | | RUNWAY 19 |
Latitude: | 44-56.173935N | | 44-56.659502N |
Longitude: | 073-05.783992W | | 073-05.911120W |
Elevation: | 227.6 ft. | | 227.7 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 005 magnetic, 349 true | | 185 magnetic, 169 true |
Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (4.00 degrees glide path) | | |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 93 ft. trees, 1771 ft. from runway, 250 ft. left of centerline, 16:1 slope to clear | | 27 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 802-279-9746 |
Manager: | EDDIE MIDDLETON 219 N MAIN ST BARRE, VT 05641 Phone 802-585-5586 |
Additional Remarks
A39-01/19 | PCR VALUE: 200/F/C/X/T |
- | 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 12 June 2025 at 0901Z to 10 July 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 01 | |
download (214KB) |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 19 | |
download (186KB) |
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 |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by Pete Chaisson – Portland Flight Services
Photo taken 19-Aug-2014
looking east.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 03-Jul-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 04:35 | | 08:35 |
Sunrise | | 05:12 | | 09:12 |
Sunset | | 20:41 | | 00:41 |
Evening civil twilight | | 21:18 | | 01:18 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 03-Jul-2025 07:35:30 |
Local (UTC-4) | 03-Jul-2025 03:35:30 |
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METAR |
KFSO | 030715Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM 22/14 A2976 RMK AO2 T02160142
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CWFQ 13nm NE | 030700Z AUTO 15003KT 18/15 RMK AO1 SLP081 T01800151 55006
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TAF |
KPBG 23nm SW | 030528Z 0306/0406 VRB03KT P6SM FEW230 PROB30 0315/0318 4SM -SHRA BR FM031800 30010KT P6SM BKN090 FM032000 26008KT P6SM BKN090 FM032100 32013KT P6SM BKN090 FM032200 VRB04KT P6SM BKN170
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KBTV 29nm S | 030528Z 0306/0406 VRB04KT P6SM FEW230 FM031300 21007KT P6SM SCT210 PROB30 0315/0317 4SM -SHRA BR FM031700 30008KT P6SM BKN090 PROB30 0317/0318 4SM -SHRA BR FM031900 31009KT P6SM BKN090 FM032000 33009KT P6SM BKN090 FM032300 VRB04KT P6SM BKN140
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NOTAMs |
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