- Morrisville-Stowe State Airport
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Coordinates: 44°32′05″N 072°36′50″W / 44.53472°N 72.61389°W
Morrisville-Stowe State Airport IATA: MVL – ICAO: KMVL – FAA LID: MVL Summary Airport type Public Owner State of Vermont Serves Morrisville, Vermont Elevation AMSL 732 ft / 223 m Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 1/19 3,701 1,128 Asphalt Statistics (2005) Aircraft operations 18,020 Based aircraft 28 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Morrisville-Stowe State Airport (IATA: MVL, ICAO: KMVL, FAA LID: MVL) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) southwest of the central business district of Morrisville, a village in Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. It is owned by the State of Vermont.[1] The airport once had scheduled passenger airline service via Air Vermont.
Facilities and aircraft
Morrisville-Stowe State Airport covers an area of 112 acres (45 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (1/19) measuring 3,701 x 75 ft (1,128 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2005, the airport had 18,020 aircraft operations, an average of 49 per day: 96% general aviation, 3% military and 1% air taxi. There are 28 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single engine, 7% multi-engine and 29% gliders.[1]
This airport also has a FBO which is open 9am to 5pm every day. They have Jet A and 100LL for fuel along with aviation oil. If you do fly to the airport, be aware of glider activity from May 1 to Nov 1. They fly over Stowe and Morrisville and might have radio communication as well. They fly a right hand traffic pattern if landing runway 1 or left hand traffic landing on runway 19. It might be to the interest to pilots to contact the FBO via radio 122.8 or phone 802-888-7845 to see if gliders are up.
References
External links
- Morrisville-Stowe State Airport at Vermont Airport Directory
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KMVL
- ASN accident history for MVL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KMVL
Categories:- Airports in Vermont
- Buildings and structures in Lamoille County, Vermont
- Transportation in Lamoille County, Vermont
- Northeastern United States airport stubs
- Northeastern United States building and structure stubs
- Vermont stubs
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