Wellsville Muni/Tarantine Field
ELZ · KELZ · Wellsville, New York · Allegany County · map
Wellsville Muni/Tarantine Field is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Wellsville, 2 miles southwest of Wellsville, New York, 2,124 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 5,300 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 19 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 9,350 takeoffs and landings a year.
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What is the airport code for Wellsville Muni/Tarantine Field?
Its FAA code is ELZ, and its ICAO code is KELZ.
Where is Wellsville Muni/Tarantine Field?
It is 2 miles southwest of Wellsville, New York, 2,124 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Wellsville Muni/Tarantine Field?
Its one runway, 10/28, is 5,300 feet long, asphalt.
Does Wellsville Muni/Tarantine Field have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Wellsville Muni/Tarantine Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Wellsville Muni/Tarantine Field?
1 pilot examiner and 1 aviation medical examiner 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 Wellsville Muni/Tarantine Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ELZ · ICAO KELZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Wellsville
- Elevation
- 2,124 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,300 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 200 ft, trees 43 ft high 631 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), tree 45 ft high 1,241 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Elz and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.275 | |
| Wayland and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.325 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 585-380-1032.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Cattaraugus County-Olean (19 nm northwest), Hornell Municipal (21 nm northeast), Bradford Regional (34 nm southwest).
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 New York · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Beacon on dusk to dawn daily.
- (E25) based on an ultimate length of 5700 feet.
- Activate mals runway 28; runway end identifier lights runway 10; PAPI runway 10 and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd weekends, memorial day, 4TH of july, labor day, thanksgiving, christmas eve, christmas and New years day.
- 15 feet road and 9 feet fence 250 - 460 feet right.
- PAPI unusable beyond 9 degreess right and left of centerline.
- Runway 10 clnc slp 19:1 to dthr.
- Pilots conducting efvs operations; be aware led als in use runway 28.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 14 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| other | 1 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 9,350, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 750 |
| general aviation, travelling | 5,000 |
| general aviation, local | 3,500 |
| military | 100 |
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 Wellsville from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Wellsville, New York: 5 balloons, 4 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 New York.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for flight instructor; 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 aviation medical examiner.
- James Douglas Martin private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; gliders · Finger Lakes Soaring Club · Dansville, NY (30 nm) · (585) 507-0245 · [email protected]
All 2 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.
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 · 7 since 1982, 3 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 Wellsville 14 aircraft · 5 balloons, 4 piston singles, 2 piston twins
- Whitford L Chandler 2 aircraft in town
- L C Whitford CO INC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 7 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New York 1,965 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New York 126 landing places
- New York 6,660 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ELZ.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.