Morrisville-Stowe State Airport is a public airport

Airport

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 located two miles (3 km) southwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Morrisville

Morrisville, Vermont

Morrisville is a village in Morristown, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 2,009. Morrisville has 2 country clubs, a hospital, a school featuring Greek architecture and an airport. The hospital and one of the country clubs are named after...

, a village in Lamoille County, Vermont

Vermont

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, United States

United States

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. It is owned by the State of Vermont. The airport once had scheduled passenger airline service via Air Vermont

Air Vermont

Air Vermont was a commuter airline based in Stowe, Vermont. It was established in 1981 but suspended operations three years later in 1984. It served several airports that are no longer served by scheduled airline service.-Former destinations served:...

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Facilities and aircraft

Morrisville-Stowe State Airport covers an area of 112 acres (45.3 ha) which contains one asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

 (1/19) measuring 3,701 x 75 ft (1,128 x 23 m).

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

General aviation

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, 3% military and 1% air taxi

Air taxi

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. There are 28 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single engine, 7% multi-engine and 29% gliders

Glider aircraft

Glider aircraft are heavier-than-air craft that are supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against their lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine. Mostly these types of aircraft are intended for routine operation without engines, though engine failure can...

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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.

External links

• Morrisville-Stowe State Airport at Vermont Airport Directory