Wellsville Municipal Airport , also known as Tarantine Field, is a public use airport located southwest of Wellsville, a village in the Town of Wellsville,

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, United States. The airport is owned by the Town of Wellsville. It is included in the

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for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''

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'' facility. The original Wellsville airport prior to about 1970 was located about northeast of the present airport's location. The original northwest/southeast runway is still clearly visible.

Facilities and aircraft

Wellsville Municipal Airport covers an area of at an elevation of above

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. It has one

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designated 10/28 with an

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surface measuring . The single east-west runway is long, however only is available for landing. The west-facing runway is equipped with a localizer instrument approach and a medium intensity approach lighting system which allows for a small improvement in landing minimums. For the 12-month period ending July 31, 2012, the airport had 9,350 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 91%

, 8%

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, and 1%

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. At that time there were 21 aircraft based at this airport: 81% single-

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and 19% multi-engine.

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Facilities and aircraft

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