Rutland State Airport

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Rutland State Airport

IATA: RUT - ICAO: KRUT - FAA: RUT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		State of Vermont
Serves		Rutland, Vermont
Elevation AMSL		787 ft (239.9 m)
Coordinates		43°31′48″N, 72°56′59″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
1/19	5,000	1,524	Asphalt
13/31	3,170	966	Asphalt

Rutland State Airport (IATA: RUT, ICAO: KRUT, FAA LID: RUT) is a public airport located in North Clarendon, five miles (8 km) south of the central business district (CBD) of Rutland, in Rutland County, Vermont, USA. The only commercial flights available are Beechcraft 1900s operated by Continental Connection and subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

1 Proposed name change
2 Airlines and destinations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Proposed name change

Legislation was introduced into the Vermont Senate in 2007 to change the official name of the airport from the "Rutland Regional Airport" to the "Rutland–Southern Vermont Regional Airport".[1]

The state agency of transportation, meanwhile, has plans to bring about the name change administratively. However their plan is to change it to the "Rutland/Southwest Vermont Regional Airport". This has provoked some opposition from the town of Bennington on the grounds that the William H. Morse State Airport (located in the town), is currently known as "Southwest Vermont's Airport". The agency has indicated that it intends to go ahead with the name change anyway, claiming that Bennington's opposition came too late in the process.[2]