Hudson Valley Regional
POU · KPOU · Poughkeepsie, New York · Dutchess County · map
Hudson Valley Regional is a public-use airport owned by Dutchess County, 4 miles south of Poughkeepsie, New York, 164 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 5,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 90 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 78,765 takeoffs and landings a year. About 28 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
2 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 24,000 ft to 33,000 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (BDL, 57 nm east), for use 08:00–15:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 020° at 15 kt; 6,000 ft: 010° at 19 kt, 10 °C; 9,000 ft: 340° at 10 kt, 7 °C; 12,000 ft: 300° at 17 kt, 3 °C; 18,000 ft: 280° at 23 kt, -10 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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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 7 departures from POU in those twelve months, carrying 21 passengers in 56 seats (38% filled), to 7 destinations on 1 airline.
All 7 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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA POU · ICAO KPOU
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Dutchess County
- Elevation
- 164 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 10:00 pm (15 may-14 sep); 7:00 am to 9:00 pm (15 sep- 14 may)
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 9:30 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
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1941
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 2,743 × 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 1,357 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 06: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 18 ft high 380 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 115 ft, 4,886 ft available for landing, tree 71 ft high 210 ft from the end
- Runway 15: trees 51 ft high 900 ft from the end
- Runway 33: VASI, four boxes on the left, trees 37 ft high 240 ft from the end
- Runway 25: ant 24 ft high 215 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 124.0 | Dutchess County |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Pou and automated weather (ASOS) | 126.75 | Dutchess County |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.8 | Dutchess County |
| Approach and departure · Tresa and star | 132.75 | Dutchess County |
| Poughkeepsie and rco | 122.2 | Poughkeepsie |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 845-836-6748.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 82 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 2 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 78,765, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 3 |
| air taxi and commuter | 3,652 |
| general aviation, travelling | 33,269 |
| general aviation, local | 41,480 |
| military | 361 |
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.
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 Poughkeepsie from the FAA register
37 aircraft are registered to owners in Poughkeepsie, New York: 28 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 3 business jets, 2 balloons, 1 piston twin. 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.
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
- cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: New York Stewart International (12 nm southwest), Orange County (18 nm west), Kingston-Ulster Airport (22 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 New York · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Poughkeepsie, by their names on the register:
- Dutchess Community College 9 aircraft
- Grasshopper Flying Club INC 2 aircraft Grasshopper Flying Club is a flying club based at Hudson Valley Regional Airport (KPOU) in Wappingers Falls, New York, providing aircraft access and flying opportunities to approximately 60 members since 1971.
- Grasshopper Flying Club 1 aircraft Grasshopper Flying Club is a flying club based at Hudson Valley Regional Airport (KPOU) in Wappingers Falls, New York, since 1971.
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 5 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 21 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 7 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 33 training center evaluators, 3 training center examiners.
- Heather Michele Howley private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Independent Helicopters · New Windsor, NY (13 nm) · (845) 549-3755 · independenthelicopters@gmail.com
- Neil Devon Rose private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Take Flight Aviation · Montgomery, NY (18 nm) · (718) 868-8855 · neil@neroaviation.com
- 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 (35 nm) · (914) 548-5191 · pitts10ch@aol.com
- Thomas Maciej Jablonski instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Ramsey, NJ (36 nm) · (321) 591-6474 · jablonski.dpe@gmail.com
- Nicholas John Gregory private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · New Rochelle, NY (41 nm) · (914) 424-9030 · nikwxman@aol.com
- Stewart Douglas Stewart private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · columbia county airport / 1B1 · Ghent, NY (45 nm) · (413) 281-6788 · doug@dsflight.com
- 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 (46 nm) · (860) 416-2726 · bob.nardiello@microtrain.com
- Christopher Calvert private pilot, commercial and instrument, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Milford, PA (48 nm) · (602) 738-4541 · flyusn94@yahoo.com
All 87 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- 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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 22 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 06; runway end identifier lights runway 24; high-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for MULTI-ENGINE aircraft.
- Pattern altitude small aircraft 1034 feet, large aircraft 1834 feet.
- Closed nights, durg imc, and from nov 1 - apr 15.
- Runway 15/33 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. No part 121/PART 380 operations except for tax.
- +13 feet obstruction lighted pole 160 feet from thld 150 feet left.
- VASI restricted to cat a aircraft only.
- Approach slp 4:1 to dthr.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 07/25 restricted to aircraft less than 12500 pounds.
- Taxiway C, taxiway G T-HNGR txl, and taxiway J T-HNGR txl closed to air carrier aircraft.
- Runway 06 tgl and practice approaches prohibited due to obscd line of sight from the control tower.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Poughkeepsie 37 aircraft · 28 piston singles, 3 helicopters, 3 business jets
- Dutchess Community College 9 aircraft in town
- Up and Away Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Grasshopper Flying Club INC 2 aircraft in town
- Adventure With Altitude Ballooning LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Dutchess Community College 9 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Grasshopper Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Grasshopper Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Nantucket Memorial (ACK) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Laurence G Hanscom Field (BED) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Dover-Cheswold (DE3) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- East Hampton (HTO) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- John F Kennedy International (JFK) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Martin State (MTN) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Rhode Island TF Green International (PVD) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 22 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New York 1,965 since 1982 · 252 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New York 127 landing places
- New York 6,669 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/POU.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 9, 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.