William H. Morse State Airport

Coordinates: 42°53′28″N 073°14′46″W / 42.89111°N 73.24611°W / 42.89111; -73.24611

William H. Morse State Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KDDH – FAA LID: DDH
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner State of Vermont
Location Bennington, Vermont
Elevation AMSL 827 ft / 252 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 3,704 1,129 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 27,290
Based aircraft 50

William H. Morse State Airport (ICAO: KDDH, FAA LID: DDH) is a state-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Bennington, a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States.[1] It is also referred to as "Southwest Vermont's Airport".[2] It is the base of operations for New England Airmotive, offering Aircraft Maintenance and Inspection services to Reciprocating, Turbo Prop, and Turbine Aircraft.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, William H. Morse State Airport is assigned DDH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. [3]

Facilities and aircraft

William H. Morse State Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (13/31) measuring 3,704 x 75 ft (1,129 x 23 m).[1]

There are 50 aircraft based at this airport: 48% single engine, 36% multi-engine, 4% helicopters and 12% ultralights.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Master Record for DDH (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ↑ Patrick McArdle (2007-01-26). "Bennington sought say in airport renaming". Rutland Herald.
  3. ↑ Airport information for KDDH - Bennington, Vermont (William H. Morse State Airport) at Great Circle Mapper.

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