Columbia County Airport is a county-owned public use

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in Columbia County, New York,

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. The airport is located four nautical miles (7 km) northeast of the central business district of

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. It is a small un-towered

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airport in the

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Facilities and aircraft

Columbia County Airport covers an area of at an

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of 198 feet (60 m) above

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. It has one

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paved

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designated 3/21 which measures 5,350 by 100 feet (1,631 x 30 m). Final approach for runway 21 is directly over a golf course immediately to the north, and pilots should take caution on arrival and departure to avoid golfers. There has been at least one incident of a golfer intentionally hitting a landing aircraft with a golf ball. Departure path for runway 3 takes the pilot over homes. Pilots should be mindful of noise, especially at night. There is a police shooting range approximately 1 mile to the east, so gunshot sounds are not uncommon. For the 12-month period ending June 29, 2007, the airport had 19,200 aircraft operations, an average of 52 per day: 78%

, 21%

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and 1%

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. At that time there were 32 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-

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, 16% multi-engine and 3% jet.
Richmor Aviation
operates out of the Columbia County Airport as the FBO providing fuel, tie-down, hangar, aircraft management, charter & maintenance.

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