Genesee County Airport is a county-owned, public-use

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Genesee County, New York Genesee County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,388. Its county seat is Batavia. Its name is from Seneca word Gen-nis'-hee-yo, meaning "the Beautiful Valley".THE AMERICAN REVIEW; A WHIG JO ...

, United States. It is located two

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(4 km) north of the

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, a city located within the Town of Batavia. This airport is included in the

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for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a

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''. Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter

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for the

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and

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, this airport is assigned GVQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Facilities and aircraft

Genesee County Airport covers an area of at an

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of 914 feet (279 m) above

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. It has one

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designated 10/28 with an

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surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending September 18, 2009, the airport had 40,000 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 96%

, 2%

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, and 2%

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. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-

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, 4% multi-engine, 6% jet and 4%

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Nearby airports

Nearby airports with

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s include: * 9G6 – Pine Hill Airport (10 nm NW) * 5G0 –

Le Roy Airport Le Roy Airport is a public use airport in Genesee County, New York, United States. It is located two nautical miles (3.7 km) east of the central business district of the Le Roy, a village in the Town of Le Roy. According to the FAA's Nat ...

(11 nm E) * 9G3 –

Akron Airport Akron Airport is a privately owned, public airport in Erie County, New York, a mile east of Akron, a village in the Town of Newstead. Facilities and aircraft Akron Airport covers and has two runways. Runway 7/25 is asphalt, 3,270 by 75 feet ...

(14 nm W) * 7G0 –

Ledgedale Airpark Ledgedale Airpark is a public use airport in Monroe County, New York, United States. It is owned by Big Fella Enterprizes Inc. and is located three nautical miles (5.56 km) southwest of the central business district of the Village of Brockport. ...

(14 nm NE) * ROC –

Greater Rochester International Airport Frederick Douglass - Greater Rochester International Airport is a public airport located within the City of Rochester, three miles (6 km) southwest of Downtown, in Monroe County, New York, United States. It is owned and operated by Monro ...

(22 nm E)

References

External links

Airport page
at Genesee County website
Genesee County Airport (GVQ)
at

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