Patrick Leahy Burlington International
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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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KBTV · observed 3:54 pm EDT (19:54 UTC), 43 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north (350°) at 13 knots, gusting to 20
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 5,000 feet
- Temperature 58°F (14°C), dew point 23°F (-5°C)
- Altimeter 30.00 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 4:33 pm EDT (20:33 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the north-northwest at 10 knots, gusting to 20, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the south at 10 knots, gusting to 18, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 12,000 feet, a broken layer at 20,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KBTV 061954Z 35013G20KT 10SM FEW050 14/M05 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01441050
TAF KBTV 062033Z 0621/0718 33010G20KT P6SM SKC FM070000 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071300 17010G18KT P6SM BKN120 BKN200
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Burlington from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Burlington, Vermont: 22 piston singles, 2 turboprops, 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Vermont.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.