# Franklin County State Airport (KFSO)

**Franklin County State Airport** (ICAO: KFSO) is a small airport in Swanton, Vermont, United States. It opened in Jul 1970. It has one runway, 4,001 ft (1,220 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfso

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KFSO
- FAA: FSO
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Swanton, Vermont, United States
- Opened: Jul 1970
- Elevation: 228 ft / 70 m
- Coordinates: 44.9403, -73.0975
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,001 ft / 1,220 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://vtrans.vermont.gov/aviation/airports/franklin-county
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_County_State_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5491432
- Weather station: KFSO
- Ident: KFSO

## Timeline

- Jul 1970: Franklin County State Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 4,001 ft / 1,220 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 169° / 349° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/06141AD.PDF

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,001 ft / 1,220 m | =9,600 of 29,858 | =3,783 in North America | =3,166 in US |
| Elevation | 228 ft / 70 m | =33,236 of 43,403 | =15,198 in North America | =12,790 in US |
| Age | Opened 1970 | =6,186 of 15,079 | =4,428 in North America | =4,338 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | BURLINGTON APP/DEP | 121.100 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.025 |
| RDO | BURLINGTON RDO | 116.900 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfso/data