Genesee County Airport
Genesee County Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Genesee County | ||||||||||
| Operator | Genesee County Highway Department | ||||||||||
| Serves | Batavia, New York | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 914 ft / 279 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°01′54″N 078°10′11″W / 43.03167°N 78.16972°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.co.genesee.ny.us/... | ||||||||||
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  GVQ Location of airport in New York  GVQ GVQ (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Genesee County Airport (ICAO: KGVQ, FAA LID: GVQ, formerly 3G8) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Genesee County, New York, United States.[1] It is located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Batavia,[1] a city located within the Town of Batavia.
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.[2] Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GVQ by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA.[3][4]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Genesee County Airport covers an area of 326 acres (132 ha) at an elevation of 914 feet (279 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending September 18, 2009, the airport had 40,000 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, 6% jet and 4% helicopter.[1]
Nearby airports
[edit]Nearby airports with instrument approach procedures include:[5]
- 9G6 – Pine Hill Airport (10 nm NW)
- 5G0 – Le Roy Airport (11 nm E)
- 9G3 – Akron Airport (14 nm W)
- 7G0 – Ledgedale Airpark (14 nm NE)
- ROC – Greater Rochester International Airport (22 nm E)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f FAA Airport Form 5010 for GVQ PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 8, 2010.
- ^ "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports with 5-Year Forecast Activity and Development Cost". National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) Reports. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-27.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (GVQ)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
- ^ "Genesee County Airport (IATA: none, ICAO: KGVQ, FAA: GVQ)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
- ^ "KGVQ – Genesee County Airport". AirNav.com. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Airport page at Genesee County website
- Genesee County Airport (GVQ) at NYSDOT Airport Directory
- Aerial image as of April 1994 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for GVQ, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for GVQ
- AirNav airport information for KGVQ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures