# West Burke Aerodrome (VT56)

**West Burke Aerodrome** (FAA: VT56) is a small airport in West Burke, Vermont, United States. It opened in Dec 1990. It has one runway, 1,000 ft (305 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vt56

## At a glance

- FAA: VT56
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: West Burke, Vermont, United States
- Opened: Dec 1990
- Elevation: 1,285 ft / 392 m
- Coordinates: 44.6131, -71.9809
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,000 ft / 305 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61725792
- Weather station: KCDA
- Ident: VT56

## Timeline

- Dec 1990: West Burke Aerodrome opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,000 ft / 305 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,000 ft / 305 m | =29,382 of 29,858 | =15,154 in North America | =13,607 in US |
| Elevation | 1,285 ft / 392 m | =14,030 of 43,403 | =6,057 in North America | =4,691 in US |
| Age | Opened 1990 | =9,671 of 15,079 | =7,452 in North America | =7,341 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [LLX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcda.md) Caledonia County Airport · 3.5 mi / 5.7 km
- [5B1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/5b1.md) John H Boylan State (Island Pond) Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [04VT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/04vt.md) Lightning Bolt Field Airport · 20 mi / 33 km
- [EFK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kefk.md) Northeast Kingdom International Airport · 23 mi / 36 km
- [VT62](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vt62.md) Catamount Airfield · 24 mi / 38 km
- [VT39](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vt39.md) Taylor Airport · 25 mi / 40 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/vt56/data