Morrisville–Stowe State Airport is a public
airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...
located two miles (3 km) southwest of the
central business district
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of
Morrisville, a village in
Lamoille County, Vermont
Lamoille County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,945, and it is the third-least populous county in Vermont. Its shire town (county seat) is the town of Hyde Park, while Morristown ...
, United States. It is owned by the
State of Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the ...
.
The airport had scheduled passenger airline service via
Air Vermont
Air Vermont was a commuter airline in the United States based in Morrisville, Vermont. It was established in 1981 but suspended operations in 1984. It served several airports that are no longer served by scheduled airline service.
Destinations
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in the 1980s.
In April 2014, the airport closed for four months of improvements, including rebuilding the runway and lighting; it reopened on August 1, with private company Stowe Aviation operating the facility.
The improvements were funded by a $4 million federal grant from the Airport Improvement Project, and made up the first phase of Stowe Aviation's planned upgrades, with $20 million more in private investment to be used to build a new terminal building, maintenance facility, and other supporting infrastructure.
Commercial air service resumed in December 2015, when
Tradewind Aviation
Tradewind Aviation, LLC, doing business as Tradewind Aviation and Tradewind Shuttle, is an American airline headquartered at the Waterbury-Oxford Airport in Oxford, Connecticut, United States. Tradewind Aviation provides shared charter in the N ...
begins service to
Westchester County Airport
Westchester County Airport is a county-owned airport in Westchester County, New York, three miles (6 km) northeast of downtown White Plains, with territory in the towns of North Castle and Harrison, New York, and village of Rye Brook, New ...
in
White Plains, New York
(Always Faithful)
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Facilities and aircraft
Morrisville–Stowe State Airport covers an area of which contains one
asphalt
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paved
runway
According to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a man-made surface (often asphalt concrete, as ...
(1/19) measuring 3,701 x 75 ft (1,128 x 23 m).
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2005, the airport had 18,020 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 96%
general aviation
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, 3% military and 1%
air taxi
An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft that makes short flights on demand.
In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) an ...
. There are 28 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single engine, 7% multi-engine and 29%
gliders.
See also
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List of airports in Vermont This is a list of airports in Vermont (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that w ...
References
External links
Morrisville–Stowe State Airportat Vermont Airport Directory
Airports in Vermont
Transportation buildings and structures in Lamoille County, Vermont
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