Oswego County Airport

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Oswego County Airport (Template:Comma separated entries) is a county-owned, public-use airport three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Fulton, in Oswego County, New York, United States.[1] The airport is located in Volney, New York. It has been designated by the Federal Aviation Administration as a general aviation reliever airport for Syracuse Hancock International Airport, located Script error: No such module "convert". to the southeast.

The airport is home to a flight school and also has charter services available for local residents. Short and long-term tie-downs, as well as hangar rentals, are available to aircraft owners. Organizations based at the airport include an Experimental Aircraft Association chapter and a Civil Air Patrol squadron. In 1999, Phish performed their summer festival, Camp Oswego, at the airport.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned FZY by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Oswego County Airport covers an area of Script error: No such module "convert". at an elevation of 475 feet (145 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 6/24 is 3,996 by 100 feet (1,218 x 30 m) and 15/33 is 5,197 by 100 feet (1,584 x 30 m).[1]

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N5709C approaching the Oswego County Airport prior to landing.

For the 12-month period ending October 8, 2009, the airport had 20,550 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 97% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 68 aircraft based at this airport: 93% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, 1% jet and 1% ultralight.[1]

See also

References

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  2. KFZY - Fulton, New York - Oswego County Airport. Great Circle Mapper. Accessed 25 January 2010.

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