Orange County Airport (New York)
Coordinates: 41°30′36″N 074°15′53″W / 41.51°N 74.26472°W / 41.51; -74.26472
| Orange County Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: MGJ – ICAO: KMGJ – FAA LID: MGJ | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Orange County, New York | ||
| Location | Montgomery, New York | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 365 ft / 111 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 3/21 | 5,006 | 1,526 | Asphalt |
| 8/26 | 3,672 | 1,119 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2007) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 120,000 | ||
| Based aircraft | 228 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration | |||
New York’s Orange County Airport (IATA: MGJ, ICAO: KMGJ, FAA LID: MGJ) is an untowered general aviation airport located 1 mile (2 km) southwest of village of Montgomery, in the Town of Montgomery, New York. The 526 acre (2.1 km²) airport is owned by Orange County and can be found at the junction of state highways 211 and NY-416.
It is a popular place for aspiring local pilots to learn to fly or practice their skills. With 125,000 takeoffs and landings annually, it is New York's second-busiest general-aviation airport.
Transmissions between pilots and the airport are rebroadcast on a one-watt station at 88.1 megahertz, so it is possible to tune into them on a standard car radio while driving in the vicinity.
The airport's low traffic and out-of-the-way location have been making it a popular place to store private jets. In 2006 county officials were reported to be working on a deal with a local developer to build 10 private luxury hangars to cater to what they saw as a growing market and raise money for the airport without raising taxes.
Read more about Orange County Airport (New York): Facilities and Aircraft, Auto Racing
Famous quotes containing the words orange, county and/or airport:
“the great orange bed where we lie
like two frozen paintings in a field of poppies.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Don’t you know there are 200 temperance women in this county who control 200 votes. Why does a woman work for temperance? Because she’s tired of liftin’ that besotted mate of hers off the floor every Saturday night and puttin’ him on the sofa so he won’t catch cold. Tonight we’re for temperance. Help yourself to them cloves and chew them, chew them hard. We’re goin’ to that festival tonight smelling like a hot mince pie.”
—Laurence Stallings (1894–1968)
“It was like taking a beloved person to the airport and returning to an empty house. I miss the people. I miss the world.”
—Susan Sontag (b. 1933)