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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 52 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 48,604 takeoffs and landings a year. About 129 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Groton-New London Airport?
Its FAA code is GON, and its ICAO code is KGON.
Where is Groton-New London Airport?
It is 3 miles southeast of Groton (New London), Connecticut, 9 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Groton-New London Airport?
The longest of its 3 runways, 05/23, is 5,000 feet long.
Does Groton-New London Airport have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Groton-New London Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Groton-New London Airport?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Westchester County, Nantucket Memorial, Francis S Gabreski, Washington Dulles International, Knox County Regional. Every route
Are there flight schools at Groton-New London Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Coastal Air INC and Connecticut Soaring Association INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Groton-New London Airport?
3 pilot examiners and 18 aviation medical examiners 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 Groton-New London Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aerial surveying
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Westerly State Airport (11 nm east), East Hampton Town Airport (24 nm southwest), Windham Airport (26 nm north).
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 Connecticut · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- 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.
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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 34 departures from GON in those twelve months, carrying 87 passengers in 290 seats (30% filled), to 24 destinations on 3 airlines.
All 24 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 36 |
| multi-engine | 8 |
| jets | 5 |
| helicopters | 1 |
| other | 2 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 48,604, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 12 |
| air taxi and commuter | 2,119 |
| general aviation, travelling | 25,801 |
| general aviation, local | 19,032 |
| military | 1,640 |
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 Groton (New London) from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Groton (New London), CT as the owner's town.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Coastal Air INC 3 aircraft · Groton, 1 mile away Coastal Air is a flight school based at Groton/New London Airport in Connecticut that provides pilot training including introductory flights, private pilot certificates, instrument ratings, and commercial pilot training.
- Connecticut Soaring Association INC 5 aircraft · New London, 3 miles away Connecticut Soaring Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit flying club based at Windham Airport in Connecticut that promotes soaring and general aviation.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 2 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 18 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 4 training center examiners.
- Ryan Gauthier private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Westerly, RI (11 nm) · (860) 912-3283 · [email protected]
- Robert Joseph Nardiello private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Interstate Aviation · Plainville, CT (43 nm) · (860) 416-2726 · [email protected]
- Christopher R Hand private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; multi-engine airplanes, seaplanes · oxford airport · oxford, CT (50 nm) · (914) 548-5191 · [email protected]
All 37 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 7 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Connecticut 521 since 1982 · 67 in the last ten years
- Coastal Air INC 3 aircraft · flight school
- Connecticut Soaring Association INC 5 aircraft · flying club
- Westchester County (HPN) 6 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation, LIMA NY Corp d/b/a Fly The Whale
- Nantucket Memorial (ACK) 2 flights in twelve months · LIMA NY Corp d/b/a Fly The Whale, Tradewind Aviation
- Francis S Gabreski (FOK) 2 flights in twelve months · LIMA NY Corp d/b/a Fly The Whale, Tradewind Aviation
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 2 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Knox County Regional (RKD) 2 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Teterboro (TEB) 2 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle, Tradewind Aviation
- Atlantic City International (ACY) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Allegheny County (AGC) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Connecticut 22 landing places
- Connecticut 1,609 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GON.json.
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 21, 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.