Hamilton Municipal Airport (New York)

Hamilton Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Village of Hamilton
Serves Hamilton, New York
Elevation AMSL 1,137 ft / 347 m
Coordinates 42°50′36″N 075°33′40″W / 42.84333°N 75.56111°W / 42.84333; -75.56111Coordinates: 42°50′36″N 075°33′40″W / 42.84333°N 75.56111°W / 42.84333; -75.56111
Map
VGC
Location of airport in New York
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,314 1,620 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations 17,310
Based aircraft 41

Hamilton Municipal Airport (ICAO: KVGC, FAA LID: VGC, formerly H30) is a village owned, public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northeast of the central business district of Hamilton, a village in the Town of Hamilton, Madison County, New York, United States.[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned VGC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Hamilton Municipal Airport covers an area of 180 acres (73 ha) at an elevation of 1,137 feet (347 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,314 by 75 feet (1,620 x 23 m). The airport is illuminated for night flying by pilot-controlled lighting (PCL), activated on the 122.7 MHz frequency. Precision approach path indicators are available for visual approaches in both directions.[1]

Fuel (100LL Avgas and Jet A) is available during the airport's opening hours of 0900-1700 local, seven days a week.

For the 12-month period ending August 9, 2007, the airport had 17,310 aircraft operations, an average of 47 per day: 99.9% general aviation and 0.1% military. At that time there were 41 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, 17% glider and 5% ultralight.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for VGC (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 29, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Hamilton Municipal Airport (FAA: VGC, ICAO: KVGC)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
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