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48VT Cub Cove Seaplane Base
Colchester, Vermont, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 09 JULY 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: 48VT
Lat/Long: 44-33-12.7700N 073-13-53.3900W
44-33.212833N 073-13.889833W
44.5535472,-73.2314972
(estimated)
Elevation: 95 ft. / 29 m (estimated)
From city: 6 miles W of COLCHESTER, VT
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 05446

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 04/2009
Control tower: no
ARTCC: BOSTON CENTER
FSS: BURLINGTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: MAY-OCT DAWN-DUSK
Wind indicator: no
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

UNICOM: 122.8
WX ASOS at BTV (6 nm SE): 123.8 (802-657-4490)
WX ASOS at PBG (12 nm NW): 132.225 (518-957-5905)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BTVr002/9.6BURLINGTON VOR/DME117.5015W

Seaplane Base Services

Runway Information

Runway 5W/23W

Dimensions: 4000 x 300 ft. / 1219 x 91 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY 5W  RUNWAY 23W
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: FRANK SHEA/ CATHERINE RUSH
48 SPAULDING EAST SHR
COLCHESTER, VT 05446
Phone 802-660-2641
ALTN: 954-609-9139.
Manager: FRANK SHEA
48 SPAULDING EAST SHR
COLCHESTER, VT 05446
Phone 954-609-4945

Additional Remarks

A52-05W 200 FT HILL 400 FT NW OF LNDG AREA.
- FOR CD CTC BURLINGTON APCH AT 802-657-4413, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC BOSTON ARTCC AT 603-879-6859.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 48VT.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KBTV - Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (6 nm SE)
KPBG - Plattsburgh International Airport (12 nm NW)
KFSO - Franklin County State Airport (24 nm N)
KMVL - Morrisville-Stowe State Airport (26 nm E)
KMPV - Edward F Knapp State Airport (36 nm SE)
  
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From to 48VT

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Jul-2026
 Local
(UTC-4)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight04:4908:49
Sunrise05:2409:24
Sunset20:3400:34
Evening civil twilight21:0901:09

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Jul-2026 14:30:09
Local (UTC-4)  16-Jul-2026 10:30:09
 
METAR
KBTV 
6nm SE 		161354Z 28007KT 10SM SCT070 BKN095 24/15 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP088 T02440150
KPBG 
12nm NW 		161353Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT070 BKN090 OVC110 23/16 A2978 RMK AO2 SLP085 T02330161
TAF
KBTV 
6nm SE 		161120Z 1612/1712 20007KT P6SM BKN080 FM161500 26011G22KT P6SM FEW120 FM161800 30015G29KT P6SM -SHRA BKN090 FM162000 34014G27KT P6SM BKN170 PROB30 1620/1621 5SM -SHRA BR FM170500 31006KT P6SM SKC
KPBG 
12nm NW 		161120Z 1612/1712 26006KT P6SM FEW100 FM161400 28013G22KT P6SM FEW160 FM161700 30016G29KT P6SM SCT150 PROB30 1617/1619 5SM -SHRA BR FM161900 31016G30KT P6SM SCT150 PROB30 1619/1620 5SM -SHRA BR FM170000 33009G16KT P6SM FEW240
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