Groton-New London Airport
GON · KGON · Groton (New London), Connecticut · New London County · map
Groton-New London Airport is a public-use airport owned by Connecticut Airport Authority, 3 miles southeast of Groton (New London), Connecticut, 9 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KGON · observed 4:56 pm EDT (20:56 UTC), 25 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 9 knots, gusting to 18
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 31°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 4:00 pm EDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 5 knots, 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 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGON 062056Z 31009G18KT 10SM CLR 15/M01 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP166 T01501006 56003 $
TAF KGON 061953Z 0620/0718 30008KT P6SM SKC FM062200 30005KT P6SM SKC FM070000 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071500 20008KT P6SM SKC
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 GON · ICAO KGON
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Connecticut Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 9 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 2:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 4,000 × 96 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| H1 | 45 × 45 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 23: VASI, four boxes on the left, tree 48 ft high 1,800 ft from the end
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 307 ft, 3,491 ft available for landing, tree 12 ft high 450 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 205 ft, 3,666 ft available for landing, trees 44 ft high 1,600 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.6 | Groton |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Gon and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.0 | Groton |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed 10:00 pm to 12:00 am, 6:00 am to 7:00 am | 119.85 | Groton |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.65 | Groton |
| Approach and departure | 125.75 | Groton |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Groton |
| Gon and vot | 110.25 | |
| Woodstock and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.85 | Groton |
| Ng and operations | 126.2 | Groton |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 860-449-8921.
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 Groton (New London) from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Groton (New London), CT as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 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.
- When the control tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 05; high-intensity runway lights runways 05/23 and 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for bus/corporate and revenue producing aircraft.
- 1000 feet light aircraft; 1500 feet all turbine pwrd aircraft.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 130 feet length by 162 feet width located at der 05.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 340 feet length by 162 feet width located at der 23.
- Trees 34:1 to dthr.
- Approach ratio 25:1 to dthr.
- Railroad.
- Deer, birds and waterfowl on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Practice APCHS/FULL-STOP/TGLS prohibited by pure jet aircraft and aircraft weighing 12500 pounds and ovr except by written apvl from the Connecticut airport authorized.
- Noise abatement procedures in effect are as flws: runway 05: turn left hdg 020 until rchg 1000 feet, then on crs; runway 23: turn left hdg 210 until rchg 1000 feet, then on crs; runway 33: fly runway hdg until rchg 1000 feet, then on crs.
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.