Hartness State Airport

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]

Hartness State Airport
Hartness State Airport Tarmac, July 2008
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerState of Vermont
ServesSpringfield, Vermont
Elevation AMSL577 ft / 176 m
Map
VSF
Location of airport in Vermont / United States
VSF
VSF (the United States)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
5/23 5,498 1,676 Asphalt
11/29 3,000 914 Asphalt
Statistics (1998)
Aircraft operations9,300
Based aircraft37

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 185 acres (75 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 measuring 5,498 x 100 ft (1,676 x 30 m) and 11/29 measuring 3,000 x 75 ft (914 x 23 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending November 20, 2012, the airport had 6,600 aircraft operations, an average of 127 per week: 95% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 2% military. There are 37 aircraft based at this airport: 76% single engine, 22% gliders and 3% multi-engine.[1]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for VSF PDF, effective 2007-07-05
  2. Editors (February 17, 2017). "Vermont Aero Club". New England Aviation History. Retrieved 2020-06-22.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. Wicks, Frank (November 1999), Renaissance tool man, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, archived from the original on March 2, 2008
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