Post Mills Airport

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Post Mills Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerBrian Boland (died in hot air balloon accident July 15, 2021)
Serves Post Mills, Vermont
Elevation  AMSL 693 ft / 211 m
Coordinates 43°53′03″N072°15′13″W / 43.88417°N 72.25361°W / 43.88417; -72.25361
Website vtrans.vermont.gov/aviation/airports/post-mills-airport
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Post Mills Airport
Runways
Direction LengthSurface
ftm
04/222,900884Turf
05/232,300701Turf
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations4,333
Based aircraft33
Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1]

Post Mills Airport( FAA LID : 2B9) is a privately owned, public use airport in Orange County, Vermont, United States. It is located within the central business district of the Village of Post Mills. [1]

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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned 2B9 by the FAA [1] but has no designation from the IATA [2]

Facilities and aircraft

Post Mills Airport covers an area of 50 acres (20  ha ) at an elevation of 693 feet (211 m) above mean sea level. It has two turf runways designated 04/22, with a surface measuring 2,900 by 80 feet (884 x 24 m) and 05/23, with a surface measuring 2,300 by 80 feet (701 x 24 m). [1]

For the 12-month period ending June 2, 2009, the airport had 4,333 aircraft operations, an average of 12 per day: 100% general aviation with a few air taxi and ultralights. At that time there were 33 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single-engine, 18% gliders and 9% ultralights. [1] The latest activity there is their annual balloon festival where they have trained people operating the balloons. But also people who can create their own, register and sign up to try it out at the festival.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 2B9 PDF , effective 2009-08-27.
  2. ↑ "2B9 - Post Mills, Vermont - Post Mills Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
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