Franklin County State Airport

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Coordinates: 44°56′25″N 073°05′51″W / 44.94028, -73.0975

Franklin County State Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KFSO – FAA: FSO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		State of Vermont
Serves		Franklin County, Vermont
Location		Highgate, Vermont
Elevation AMSL		228 ft / 69 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
1/19	3,000	914	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			21,400
Based aircraft			59
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Franklin County State Airport (ICAO: KFSO, FAA LID: FSO) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Highgate, a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States. It is owned by the State of Vermont.^[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Franklin County State Airport is assigned FSO by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.^[2]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Franklin County State Airport covers an area of 348 acres (141 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (1/19) measuring 3,000 x 60 ft. (914 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2005, the airport had 21,400 aircraft operations, an average of 58 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% military and <1% air taxi. There are 59 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single engine, 2% multi-engine, 5% helicopters and 8% ultralights.^[1]