| Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: RUT – ICAO: KRUT – FAA LID: RUT | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | State of Vermont | ||
| Serves | Rutland, Vermont | ||
| Location | North Clarendon | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 787 ft / 240 m | ||
| Website | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 1/19 | 5,000 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
| 13/31 | 3,170 | 966 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 22,735 | ||
| Based aircraft | 57 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport[2][3] (IATA: RUT, ICAO: KRUT, FAA LID: RUT), formerly known as Rutland State Airport, is a state-owned public-use airport located in North Clarendon, five miles (8 km) south of the central business district of Rutland, a city in Rutland County, Vermont, United States.[1] Scheduled commercial service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service and provided by Cape Air, with three flights daily on nine-passenger Cessna 402 aircraft to Boston with typical flight times of 40 minutes.[4]
Rutland-Southern Vermont is a FAA Part 139 certificated airport. As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,689 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004.[5] In the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2007–2011) it was categorized as a commercial service airport, which requires at least 2,500 passenger boardings per year.[6]
Total air cargo carried in 2006 was approximately 520,000 pounds with 1,560 cargo operations via FedEx and UPS.
Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport is the closest commercial service airport to the mountain resorts of Killington, Pico, Okemo, Stratton, Bromley, Magic Mountain, Bear Creek Mountain, and Mount Snow. In addition, Suicide Six and Ascutney Mountain Resorts are included in RSVRA's airport service area.[7]
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Legislation was introduced into the Vermont Senate in January 2007 to change the official name of the airport to Rutland–Southern Vermont Regional Airport.[8] The state agency of transportation, meanwhile, had plans to change the name to Rutland/Southwest Vermont Regional Airport. This 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 indicated that it intended to go ahead with the name change anyway, claiming that Bennington's opposition came too late in the process.[9] However, the agency changed the name to Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport on August 15, 2007.[10][11]
Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport covers an area of 345 acres (140 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 1/19 measuring 5,000 x 100 ft (1,524 x 30 m) and 13/31 measuring 3,170 x 75 ft (966 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2008, the airport had 42,735 aircraft operations, an average of 62 per day: 71% general aviation, 20% air taxi, 5% scheduled commercial and 4% military. There are 57 aircraft based at this airport: 88% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, 4% jet, 2% helicopters and 2% ultralight.[1]
Currently, the Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport Technical Advisory Committee is proposing a 1,000 feet (300 m) runway extension to alleviate the constraints posed by the current main runway length and the limited road access to the region. In its current configuration, the main runway is severely limiting to charters, business jets, and 50+ passenger regional jets.Part 91 Subpart K, imposed by the FAA on fractional jet operators in 2005 has reduced runway planning performance by 40 percent.[12]
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Cape Air | Boston |