Hartness State Airport

Airport in Vermont, United States

43°20′37″N 072°31′02″W / 43.34361°N 72.51722°W / 43.34361; -72.51722

IATA: VSF
ICAO: KVSF
FAA LID: VSF

SummaryAirport typePublicOwnerState of VermontServesSpringfield, VermontElevation AMSL577 ft / 176 mWebsitevtrans.vermont.gov/aviation/airports/hartnessMap Map

Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
5/23	5,501	1,677	Asphalt
11/29	3,000	914	Asphalt

Statistics (2017)

Aircraft operations	6,611
Based aircraft	23

Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Hartness State Airport (IATA: VSF, ICAO: KVSF, FAA LID: VSF) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Springfield, a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States. It is owned by the State of Vermont.^[1]

History

The airport was established by its namesake, James Hartness, who donated the land as the first airfield in Vermont.^[2] After his trans-Atlantic flight, Charles Lindbergh toured the United States in the Spirit of St. Louis to promote aviation. He landed in Springfield on July 26, 1927, in his visit to Vermont and spoke at a large gathering at the airport.^[3]

Crowd attending celebration of Charles Lindbergh's arrival at Springfield, Vermont's airport in July, 1927. Image courtesy of Springfield Art & Historical Society.

Facilities and aircraft

Hartness State Airport covers an area of 192 acres (78 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 measuring 5,501 x 100 ft (1,677 x 30 m) and 11/29 measuring 3,000 x 75 ft (914 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2017, the airport had 6,611 aircraft operations, an average of 127 per week: 95% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 2% military. There were 23 aircraft based at this airport: 11 single engine, and 12 gliders.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d FAA Airport Form 5010 for VSF PDF, effective 2023-09-07
^ "Vermont Aero Club". New England Aviation History. February 17, 2017. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
^ Wicks, Frank (November 1999), Renaissance tool man, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, archived from the original on March 2, 2008

External links

Hartness State Airport at Vermont Airport Directory

Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for VSF
- AirNav airport information for KVSF
- ASN accident history for VSF
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures