Patrick Leahy Burlington International
BTV · KBTV · Burlington, Vermont · Chittenden County · map
Patrick Leahy Burlington International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Burlington, 3 miles east of Burlington, Vermont, 335 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 15/33, is 8,319 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 130 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 10 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 95,875 takeoffs and landings a year. About 647,634 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Patrick Leahy Burlington International?
Its FAA code is BTV, and its ICAO code is KBTV.
Where is Patrick Leahy Burlington International?
It is 3 miles east of Burlington, Vermont, 335 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Patrick Leahy Burlington International?
The longest of its 2 runways, 15/33, is 8,319 feet long.
Does Patrick Leahy Burlington International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Patrick Leahy Burlington International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Patrick Leahy Burlington International?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Chicago O'Hare International, Washington Dulles International, Newark Liberty International, Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl, Philadelphia International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Patrick Leahy Burlington International?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Vermont Flight Academy and Central Vermont Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Patrick Leahy Burlington International?
3 pilot examiners and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Patrick Leahy Burlington International…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA BTV · ICAO KBTV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Burlington
- Elevation
- 335 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 5:30 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 8,319 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 01/19 | 4,112 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 7,820 ft available for landing, trees 51 ft high 1,930 ft from the end
- Runway 33: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), threshold displaced 500 ft, 7,820 ft available for landing, trees 75 ft high 1,975 ft from the end
- Runway 01: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 225 ft, 3,386 ft available for landing, tree 63 ft high 1,290 ft from the end
- Runway 19: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 500 ft, 3,386 ft available for landing
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.3 | Burlington |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Btv and automated weather (ASOS) | 123.8 | Burlington |
| Clearance delivery | 119.15 | Burlington |
| Clearance delivery Contact approach control | 121.85 | |
| Ground | 126.3 | Burlington |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace | 121.1 | Burlington |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Burlington |
| Btv and vot | 109.0 | |
| ST. Albans Center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.35 | Burlington |
| Burlington and rco | 122.2 | Burlington |
| Arng and operations | 123.3 | Burlington |
| Arng and operations | 134.1 | Burlington |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 802-657-4490.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- customs available · landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Plattsburgh International (17 nm northwest), Morrisville-Stowe State Airport (23 nm east), Franklin County State (28 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Vermont · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Ctn: generating plant 2 NM from aer 15 produces steam which may obscured vsbty on fna.
- Dusk to dawn. Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 15; malsf runway 33; PAPI runway 01 and 15; medium-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; high-intensity runway lights runway 15/33; all taxiways - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 19 and 33 operates continuously.
- Fee for itinerant aircraft gtr than 6000 pounds.
- Type H/BAK-12A (B) 1499 feet.
- Type H/BAK-12A (B) 1500 feet.
- South of runway 15/33 intersection to taxiway C, southwest 100 dtw 355; south of taxiway C intersection to south end of runway, southwest 30 DW 60.
- 20:1 to dthr.
- 30:1 to dthr.
- Air carrier ramp not available for pvt and chtr aircraft.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiways D, east, F, north, ang and rng ramps have uncontrolled vehicles and aircraft.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 10,051 departures from BTV in those twelve months, carrying 700,664 passengers in 861,533 seats (81% filled), to 65 destinations (5 abroad) on 26 airlines.
All 65 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 71 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| jets | 11 |
| helicopters | 5 |
| other | 33 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 95,875, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 16,608 |
| air taxi and commuter | 7,549 |
| general aviation, travelling | 35,395 |
| general aviation, local | 32,932 |
| military | 3,391 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Burlington from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Burlington, Vermont: 22 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 glider, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Vermont.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Vermont Flight Academy 8 aircraft · South Burlington, 3 miles away
- Central Vermont Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Williston, 4 miles away Fly Vermont is a flying club based at Franklin County State Airport (KFSO) in Williston, Vermont and Plattsburgh Airport (KPBG) in Plattsburgh, New York.
- Lawn Dart Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Shelburne, 9 miles away
- Champlain Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Westford, 11 miles away
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative.
- Gregory Stuart Livernois private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Vermont Flight Academy · South Burlington, VT (2 nm) · (386) 243-5944 · [email protected]
- Duane Anthony Tedesco private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Plattsburgh, NY (17 nm) · (518) 241-3601 · [email protected]
- John David Curran private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Border Air Ltd · Swanton, VT (27 nm) · (802) 777-8331 · [email protected]
All 8 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 24 since 1982, 7 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Burlington 26 aircraft · 22 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Acs Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Vermont Flight Academy 8 aircraft · flight school
- Central Vermont Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Lawn Dart Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 1,230 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 1,199 flights in twelve months · GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express, CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir
- Newark Liberty International (EWR) 1,103 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 1,091 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., American Airlines Inc.
- Philadelphia International (PHL) 1,073 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., American Airlines Inc.
- Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW) 763 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Laguardia (LGA) 688 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Republic Airline
- John F Kennedy International (JFK) 686 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 24 since 1982 · 7 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Vermont 248 since 1982 · 35 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Vermont 16 landing places
- Vermont 675 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/BTV.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 23, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.