Hamilton Municipal Airport (New York)
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Village of Hamilton | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hamilton, New York | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,137 ft / 347 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 42°50′36″N 075°33′40″W / 42.84333°N 75.56111°W | ||||||||||
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  VGC Location of airport in New York | |||||||||||
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Hamilton Municipal Airport (ICAO: KVGC, FAA LID: VGC, formerly H30), opened in 1963, is a village-owned, public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) northeast of the central business district of Hamilton, a village in the Town of Hamilton, Madison County, New York, United States.[1]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned VGC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Hamilton Municipal Airport covers an area of 180 acres (73 ha) at an elevation of 1,137 feet (347 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with a grooved asphalt surface measuring 5,314 by 75 feet (1,620 x 23 m) and a full-length taxiway. The airport is illuminated for night flying by pilot-controlled lighting (PCL), activated on the 122.7 MHz frequency (medium-intensity edge lighting and runway end indicator lights). Precision approach path indicators are available for visual approaches in both directions. Automated weather advisories, from an AWOS-3 device, are continuously broadcast on 119.42 MHz.[1]
Fuel (100LL Avgas and Jet A) is available during the airport's opening hours of 0900-1700 local, seven days a week.
For the 12-month period ending May 23, 2019, the airport had 17,310 aircraft operations, an average of 47 per day: 99.9% general aviation and 0.1% military. At that time there were 46 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, and 4% gliders.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for VGC PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective July 29, 2010.
- ^ "Hamilton Municipal Airport (FAA: VGC, ICAO: KVGC)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved August 15, 2010.
External links
[edit]- [1] at NYSDOT Airport Directory
- Aerial image as of April 1994 from USGS The National Map
- Web site of the Village of Hamilton Airport Commission
- FAA Terminal Procedures for VGC, effective August 8, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for VGC
- AirNav airport information for VGC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for VGC