Granville Airport is a public use airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Granville

Granville, New York

Granville is a town on the eastern border of Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, a town in Washington County

Washington County, New York

Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Glens Falls, New York, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 63,216. It was named for the Revolutionary War general George Washington...

, New York

New York

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, United States

United States

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Facilities and aircraft

Granville Airport covers an area of 35 acres (14.2 ha) at an elevation

Elevation

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 of 420 feet (128 m) above mean sea level. It has one 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...

 designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,500 by 36 feet (762 x 11 m).

For the 12-month period ending August 18, 2005, the airport had 17,000 general aviation

General aviation

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 aircraft operations, an average of 46 per day. At that time there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 95.5% single-engine

Aircraft engine

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 and 4.5% glider

Glider (sailplane)

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External links

from New York State DOT

• Aerial photo as of 3 May 1994 from USGS The National Map