- Orange County Airport (New York)
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For other airports with this name, see Orange County Airport (disambiguation).
Coordinates: 41°30′36″N 074°15′53″W / 41.51°N 74.26472°W
Orange County Airport 
IATA: MGJ – ICAO: KMGJ – FAA LID: MGJ Summary Airport type Public Owner Orange County, New York Location Montgomery, New York Elevation AMSL 365 ft / 111 m Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 3/21 5,006 1,526 Asphalt 8/26 3,672 1,119 Asphalt Statistics (2007) Aircraft operations 120,000 Based aircraft 228 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] New York’s Orange County Airport (IATA: MGJ, ICAO: KMGJ, FAA LID: MGJ) is an untowered general aviation airport located 1 mile (2 km) southwest of village of Montgomery, in the Town of Montgomery, New York. The 526 acre (2.1 km²) airport is owned by Orange County and can be found at the junction of state highways 211 and NY-416.
It is a popular place for aspiring local pilots to learn to fly or practice their skills. With 125,000 takeoffs and landings annually, it is New York's second-busiest general-aviation airport.[2]</ref>
Transmissions between pilots and the airport are rebroadcast on a one-watt station at 88.1 megahertz, so it is possible to tune into them on a standard car radio while driving in the vicinity.[2]
The airport's low traffic and out-of-the-way location have been making it a popular place to store private jets. In 2006 county officials were reported to be working on a deal with a local developer to build 10 private luxury hangars to cater to what they saw as a growing market and raise money for the airport without raising taxes.[3]
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Facilities and aircraft
Orange County Airport covers an area of 528 acres (214 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 5,006 x 100 ft (1,526 x 30 m) and 8/26 measuring 3,672 x 100 ft (1,119 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 1, 2007, the airport had 120,000 aircraft operations, an average of 328 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military. There are 228 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 1% jet and <1% helicopter.[1]
Auto racing
On July 17, 1960, NASCAR came to the airport with the Empire State 200, on a two-mile course. Rex Allen held off Richard Petty for the win, in front of about 5,000 fans; the mediocre attendance killed any chance of making the race an annual event, as was planned. It remains the only NASCAR event ever held in the Hudson Valley.
References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for MGJ (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
- ^ a b James, Alexa (April 24,2006). "Aviation's airwaves". Times Herald-Record (Middletown). http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060424/NEWS/304249997&cid=sitesearch. Retrieved 2011-08-20.
- ^ "Orange County Airport caters to the rich, famous". Times Herald-Record (Middletown). September 12, 2006. http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060912/NEWS/609120327/-1/NEWS14. Retrieved 2006-09-13.
External links
- Orange County Airport (MGJ)
- Airport DiagramPDF from New York State DOT
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KMGJ
- ASN accident history for MGJ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KMGJ
Categories:- Airports in New York
- Transportation in Orange County, New York
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