Edward F. Knapp State Airport

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Coordinates: 44°12′13″N 072°33′44″W / 44.20361, -72.56222

Edward F. Knapp State Airport
IATA: MPV – ICAO: KMPV – FAA: MPV
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		State of Vermont
Serves		Barre / Montpelier
Elevation AMSL		1,165 ft / 355 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
17/35	5,002	1,525	Asphalt
5/23	4,022	1,226	Asphalt
Statistics (1998)
Aircraft operations			32,000
Based aircraft			57
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Edward F. Knapp State Airport (IATA: MPV, ICAO: KMPV, FAA LID: MPV) is a general aviation airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Barre, a city in Washington County, Vermont, United States.^[1] As well as serving Barre, it also serves the Montpelier region. It currently has no scheduled airline service, but the airport was formerly served by Air New England.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Edward F. Knapp State Airport covers an area of 259 acres (105 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 measuring 5,002 x 100 ft. (1,525 x 30 m) and 5/23 measuring 4,022 x 100 ft. (1,226 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 17, 1998, the airport had 32,000 aircraft operations, an average of 87 per day: 94% general aviation, 3% air taxi and 3% military. There are 57 aircraft based at this airport: 96% single engine and 4% multi-engine.^[1]