# Dutchess County Airport (POU / KPOU)

**Dutchess County Airport** (IATA: POU, ICAO: KPOU) is a medium airport in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. It opened in Apr 1941. It has 3 runways; the longest is 5,001 ft (1,524 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: POU / KPOU
- FAA: POU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
- Opened: Apr 1941
- Elevation: 164 ft / 50 m
- Coordinates: 41.6266, -73.8842
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 5,001 ft / 1,524 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches, 1 departure, 1 arrival
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.co.dutchess.ny.us/CountyGov/Departments/Airport/ARIndex.htm
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Valley_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5317482
- Weather station: KPOU
- Ident: KPOU

## Timeline

- Apr 1941: Dutchess County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 5,001 ft / 1,524 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 051° / 231° | yes |
| 15/33 | 2,743 ft / 836 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 139° / 319° | yes |
| 07/25 | 1,357 ft / 414 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass | 051° / 231° |  |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00286AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,001 ft / 1,524 m | =6,505 of 29,858 | =2,345 in North America | =1,936 in US |
| Elevation | 164 ft / 50 m | =34,951 of 43,403 | =15,910 in North America | =13,362 in US |
| Age | Opened 1941 | =1,548 of 15,079 | =737 in North America | =705 in US |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =83 in North America | =81 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 126.750 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.750 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 121.800 |
| CNTR | NEW YORK CNTR | 132.750 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 124.000 |
| GND | GND | 121.800 |
| RDO | NEW YORK RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 124.000 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [SWF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kswf.md) New York Stewart International Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [DXR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdxr.md) Danbury Municipal Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [HPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khpn.md) Westchester County Airport · 40 mi / 64 km
- [BDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbdr.md) Igor I Sikorsky Memorial Airport · 51 mi / 82 km
- [TEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kteb.md) Teterboro Airport · 54 mi / 88 km
- [HVN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khvn.md) Tweed New Haven Airport · 57 mi / 92 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/kpou/data