Genesee County
GVQ · KGVQ · Batavia, New York · Genesee County · map
Genesee County is a public-use airport owned by Genesee County, 2 miles north of Batavia, New York, 914 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 5,499 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 41 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 40,000 takeoffs and landings a year. About 9 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KGVQ · observed 10:56 am EDT (14:56 UTC), 1917 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 22 knots, gusting to 27
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,000 feet
- Temperature 56°F (13°C), dew point 40°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KGVQ 051456Z AUTO 29022G27KT 10SM SCT040 13/04 A3006 RMK AO2 PK WND 28030/1440 SLP177 T01330044 51007
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 GVQ · ICAO KGVQ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Genesee County
- Elevation
- 914 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to October, every day, 7:30 am to 8:00 pm; November to March, every day, 7:30 am to 6:30 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
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,499 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, fence 8 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 28: ILS, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 123.7 | |
| Gvq and aWOS-3PT | 127.525 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 585-343-6369.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 40,000, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Batavia from the FAA register
20 aircraft are registered to owners in Batavia, New York: 15 piston singles, 2 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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 New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 1 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.
- Runway 10: 5 feet berm 220 feet north, 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm feet east of runway 10 end.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 28; runway end identifier lights runway 10; PAPI runway 10 and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- 8 feet fence, 0-199 feet dstc, 460 feet R.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.