William H. Morse State Airport

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Coordinates: 42°53′28″N 073°14′46″W / 42.89111, -73.24611

William H. Morse State Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: KDDH – FAA: DDH
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		State of Vermont
Location		Bennington, Vermont
Elevation AMSL		827 ft / 252 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
13/31	3,704	1,129	Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations			27,290
Based aircraft			50
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

William H. Morse State Airport (ICAO: KDDH, FAA LID: DDH) is a state-owned public-use airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Bennington, a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States.^[1] It is also referred to as "Southwest Vermont's Airport".^[2]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, William H. Morse State Airport is assigned DDH by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA. ^[3]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

William H. Morse State Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (13/31) measuring 3,704 x 75 ft. (1,129 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2005, the airport had 27,290 aircraft operations, an average of 74 per day: 89% general aviation, 11% air taxi and <1% military. There are 50 aircraft based at this airport: 48% single engine, 36% multi-engine, 4% helicopters and 12% ultralights.^[1]