Franklin County State
FSO · KFSO · Highgate, Vermont · Franklin County · map
Franklin County State is a public-use airport owned by the State of Vermont, 3 miles west of Highgate, Vermont, 228 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 4,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA FSO · ICAO KFSO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Vermont
- Elevation
- 228 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1970
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 36: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.1 | |
| Fso and aWOS-3 | 119.025 | |
| ST. Albans Center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.35 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 802-868-9941.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Highgate from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Highgate, VT as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 2 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
- Runway conditions not mnt when unatndd.
- Dusk to dawn. Activate runway end identifier lights runway 18 and 36; medium-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 36 operates continuously.
- Self service fuel available 24 hours.
- Birds in the vicinity of airport.
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.