Post Mills Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Brian Boland (died in hot air balloon accident July 15, 2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Post Mills, Vermont | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 693 ft / 211 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°53′03″N 072°15′13″W / 43.88417°N 72.25361°W / 43.88417; -72.25361 | ||||||||||||||
| Website | vtrans | ||||||||||||||
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Post Mills Airport (FAA LID: 2B9) is a privately owned, public use airportinOrange County, Vermont, United States. It is located within the central business district of the Village of Post Mills.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned 2B9 by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[2]
Post Mills Airport covers an area of 50 acres (20 ha) at an elevation of 693 feet (211 m) above mean sea level. It has two turf runways designated 04/22, with a surface measuring 2,900 by 80 feet (884 x 24 m) and 05/23, with a surface measuring 2,300 by 80 feet (701 x 24 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending June 2, 2009, the airport had 4,333 aircraft operations, an average of 12 per day: 100% general aviation with a few air taxi and ultralights. At that time there were 33 aircraft based at this airport: 73% single-engine, 18% gliders and 9% ultralights.[1] The latest activity there is their annual balloon festival where they have trained people operating the balloons. But also people who can create their own, register and sign up to try it out at the festival. It is undetermined yet if they will be holding in 2021, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the fear that it would attract too many out-of-staters.
