Dansville Municipal Airport

Dansville Municipal Airport (IATA: DSV, ICAO: KDSV, FAA LID: DSV) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northwest of the central business district of Dansville, a village in Livingston County, New York, United States. It is owned by the Town of North Dansville.[1]

Dansville Municipal Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerTown of North Dansville
ServesDansville, Livingston County, New York
Elevation AMSL662 ft / 202 m
Coordinates42°34′15″N 077°42′47″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
14/32 3,500 1,067 Asphalt
18/36 CLOSED 745 Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations48,050
Based aircraft33

Facilities and aircraft

Dansville Municipal Airport covers an area of 162 acres (66 ha) at an elevation of 662 feet (202 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 14/32 which measures 3,500 x 100 feet (1,067 x 30 m) and Closed X18/36X Closed which measures 2,443 x 100 feet (745 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 8, 2007, the airport had 48,050 aircraft operations, an average of 131 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 33 aircraft based at this airport: 61% single-engine, 9% multi-engine and 30% glider.[1]

Balloon Festival

Annually, around Labor Day weekend, the airport is the venue for the New York State Festival of Balloons.[2] The first such event was held in 1981 and given the designation of New York's official festival in 1997, beating out similar festivals in Glens Falls and Poughkeepsie for the designation. As of 2007, it attracts about 35,000 visitors each year.[3]

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for DSV PDF, effective 2008-04-10
  2. "Home". nysfob.com.
  3. http://www.state.ny.us/governor/keydocs/proclamations/087.html%5B%5D
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