Dutchess County Airport

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Dutchess County Airport
FAA airport diagram
IATA: POU – ICAO: KPOU – FAA: POU
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Dutchess County
Serves		Poughkeepsie, New York
Elevation AMSL		165 ft / 50 m
Coordinates		41°37′36″N 073°53′03″W / 41.62667, -73.88417
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
6/24	5,001	1,524	Asphalt
15/33	2,743	836	Asphalt/Concrete
7/25	1,358	414	Turf/Dirt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			98,342
Based aircraft			198
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Dutchess County Airport (IATA: POU, ICAO: KPOU, FAA LID: POU) a county-owned public-use airport located four miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Poughkeepsie, a city in the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, New York, United States.^[1] It is sometimes called Poughkeepsie Airport, which gives it the code POU. The airport provides corporate and general aviation transportation services.

1 History
2 Facilities and aircraft
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Dutchess County Airport was built by the United States Department of Commerce in the 1930s and was used for pilot training during World War II by the US Army Air Forces. At various times, the airport was used by students at the United States Military Academy and as an extension of military training conducted at Stewart Field.

After the Second World War, the airport was turned over to the county for a sum of $1 and guarantees that it would remain open as part of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 by the War Assets Administration. It was then used for general aviation. IBM built a hangar and based the corporate aircraft and helicopters at the airport.

A Flight Service Station was opened at the airport, but that was closed during the 1990s.

In the 1970s, a control tower was constructed and operated by the FAA.

Command Airways, later known as American Eagle Airlines, began operations and maintained its hub and maintenance facilities at the airport. Command qualified the ATR 72 with the Federal Aviation Administration for US flight operations at the airport.

Cessna built and ran a Cessna Citation maintenance facility on the airport grounds.

When Stewart International Airport, which is located just across the Hudson River, started commercial operations in 1980 most commercial flights were stopped.

POU lost its last commercial service on August 12, 2001, when Continental Connection carrier CommutAir discontinued its flights to Burlington.

In 2004, the airport received $1 million dollars from the Federal Aviation Administration for improvements in safety and runway rehibilitation.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Dutchess County Airport covers an area of 640 acres (259 ha) which contains three runways, two of which are paved. The main runway (6-24) is 5,001 by 100 feet (1,524 by 30 m) long and is equipped with an ILS system to the northeast-facing runway along with a medium intensity approach light system with runway alignment lights. The crosswind runway (15-33), which was originally 3,003 feet (915 m) long but was shortened to 2,743 by 100 feet (836 by 30 m). A turf/dirt runway (7-25) measures 1,358 by 100 feet (414 by 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2007, the airport had 98,342 aircraft operations, an average of 269 per day: 99% general aviation, 1% air taxi, <1% military. At that time there were 198 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 11% multi-engine, 1% jet, 8% helicopter, 1% military.^[1]