Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport




IATA = RUT
ICAO = KRUT
FAA = RUT
type = Public
owner = State of Vermont
operator =
city-served = Rutland, Vermont
location = North Clarendon
elevation-f = 787
elevation-m = 240
website = [http://www.flyrutlandvt.com/ www.FlyRutlandVT.com]
r1-number = 1/19
r1-length-f = 5,000
r1-length-m = 1,524
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 13/31
r2-length-f = 3,170
r2-length-m = 966
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2007
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 22,735
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 57
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=RUT|use=PU|own=PU|site=25526.*A, effective 2007-10-25]

Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport [ [http://www.flyrutlandvt.com/ Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport] , official web site] [ [http://www.vermontairports.com/rutland.html Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport] at Vermont Airport Directory] airport codes|RUT|KRUT|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. 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. [cite news | url = http://vermonttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071015/RBJ/71015008/-1/RBJ02 | title = Cape Air Plans Service To Rutland; Two-Year EAS Subsidy To Support Round-Trip Flights To Logan Airport | work = Rutland Business Journal | date = 2007-10-15]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,689 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004. [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data] ] In the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2007-2011) it was a categorized as a "commercial service" airport, which requires at least 2,500 passenger boardings per year. [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems] ] However, enplanements declined to 2,218 in 2005 and 2,245 in 2006 which caused it to be categorized as a "general aviation" airport.

Name change

Legislation was introduced into the Vermont Senate in January 2007 to change the official name of the airport to Rutland–Southern Vermont Regional Airport. [ [http://www.leg.state.vt.us/database/status/summary.cfm?Bill=S%2E0033&Session=2008 Vermont Legislative: 2007-2008 Session, Bill S.0033: The Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport] ] 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. [cite news | url= http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070126/NEWS/701260338/1024/NEWS04 | title= Bennington sought say in airport renaming | work= Rutland Herald | date= 2007-01-26] However, the agency changed the name to Rutland Southern Vermont Regional Airport on August 15, 2007. [cite news | url= http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070816/NEWS04/708160401/1002/NEWS01 | title= Airport rebranded; Officials hope new name better defines facility, region | work= Rutland Herald | date= 2007-08-16] [cite news | url= http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=6939863 | title= Airport that serves Rutland has new name | publisher= Associated Press | date= 2007-08-16]

Facilities and aircraft

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).

For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2007, the airport had 22,735 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.

Airlines and destinations

* Cape Air (Boston)

References

External links

*WikiMapia|43.5299|-72.9496|14|Aerial photo
*US-airport-ga|RUT

*Essential Air Service (EAS) documents ( [http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchResultsSimple.cfm?searchType=docket&sortBy=desc&numberValue=21681 Docket Number 21681] ) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=487044&docketid=21681 Order 2007-9-13: Selecting Hyannis Air Service, Inc., d/b/a Cape Air, to provide subsidized EAS with 9-seat Cessna 402 aircraft, for a two-year period]
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=472236&docketid=21681 Order 2007-6-6: Prohibiting Champlain Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a CommutAir, operating as Continental Connection, from terminating its subsidized EAS and requesting long-term proposals from carriers]
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=343745&docketid=21681 Order 2005-8-23: Reselecting Champlain Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a CommutAir, operating as Continental Connection, to provide subsidized EAS with 19-seat Beech 1900-D aircraft, for two-year period ending Oct. 31, 2007]
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=339040&docketid=21681 Order 2005-7-8: Requesting proposals to provide Essential Air Service for a two-year period]