# Groton New London Airport (GON / KGON)

**Groton New London Airport** (IATA: GON, ICAO: KGON) is a medium airport in Groton, Connecticut, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,000 ft (1,524 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GON / KGON
- FAA: GON
- Type: Medium airport
- Owner: Connecticut Airport Authority
- Serves: Groton, Connecticut, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 9 ft / 3 m
- Coordinates: 41.3301, -72.0451
- Runways: 2
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 5,000 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches, 1 arrival
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://ctairports.org/airports/groton-newlondon/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groton%E2%80%93New_London_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5610758
- Weather station: KGON
- Ident: KGON

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Groton New London Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 034° / 214° | yes |
| 15/33 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 96 ft / 29 m | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | yes |

- Also 1 helipad.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05049AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | =6,591 of 29,858 | =2,430 in North America | =2,018 in US |
| Elevation | 9 ft / 3 m | =42,647 of 43,403 | =19,167 in North America | =15,613 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | PROVIDENCE APP/DEP | 125.750 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.000 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 119.850 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 125.600 |
| GND | GND | 121.650 |
| OPS | ARNG OPS | 126.200 |
| RDO | BRIDGEPORT RDO | 122.100 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.600 |

## Nearby airports

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- [NCO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koqu.md) Quonset State Airport · 38 mi / 61 km
- [NPT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kuuu.md) Newport State Airport · 42 mi / 68 km
- [HFD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khfd.md) Hartford Brainard Airport · 42 mi / 68 km
- [PVD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpvd.md) Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport · 42 mi / 68 km
- [HVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khvn.md) Tweed New Haven Airport · 44 mi / 71 km

## 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/kgon/data