Orange County
MGJ · KMGJ · Montgomery, New York · Orange County · map
Orange County is a public-use airport owned by Orange County, 1 mile southwest of Montgomery, New York, 370 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 5,006 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 171 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 4 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 118,900 takeoffs and landings a year. About 6 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Orange County?
Its FAA code is MGJ, and its ICAO code is KMGJ.
Where is Orange County?
It is 1 mile southwest of Montgomery, New York, 370 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Orange County?
The longest of its 2 runways, 04/22, is 5,006 feet long.
Does Orange County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Orange County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Orange County?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Take Flight Aviation LLC and Valley Soaring Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Orange County?
10 pilot examiners and 21 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 Orange County…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MGJ · ICAO KMGJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Orange County
- Elevation
- 370 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Sunday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm; November to to April, Monday to Saturday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; May to October, Monday to Saturday, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 5,006 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 3,664 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 54 ft high 555 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 65 ft high 1,272 ft from the end
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 49 ft high 790 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 315 ft, fence 87 ft high 526 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | · Automated UNICOM. |
| Clearance delivery | 123.85 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.75 | |
| Mgj and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.275 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 845-990-2308.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- charter flights, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: New York Stewart International (7 nm east), Hudson Valley Regional (18 nm east), Haverstraw Heliport (22 nm southeast).
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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Estbd prior to 1959.
- 9 feet stabilized shoulder each side of runway 8/26.
- Activate high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. Runway end identifier lights runway 04 and 22; PAPI runways 04 and 22; 08 and 26 operates continuously. Pcl only available sunset to sunrise.
- Segmented crc with wind cone located mid field in area between runways.
- Pattern altitude: 1030 feet above ground level singl eng, 1330 feet above ground level mult eng/turboprop/jet.
- Automated UNICOM.
- Wind ind on runways 04, 22, 26.
- Runway 26 approach slope 11:1 due to 56 feet tree 644 feet from dthr.
- Be aware of large tbjt aircraft in the vicinity of stewart airport located 7 NM ese. 800 feet hill 1/2 mile northwest of airport on downwind/base leg for runway 22.
- Sawrs
- Fuel avail. Aft hours by credit card SELF-SVC ramp.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 145 |
| multi-engine | 15 |
| jets | 4 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| other | 4 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 118,900, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 2,600 |
| general aviation, travelling | 49,554 |
| general aviation, local | 66,246 |
| military | 500 |
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 Montgomery from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Montgomery, New York: 21 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 1 turboprop. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Montgomery, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- Avquest Aviation Services LLC Avquest Jets is an aircraft brokerage firm that buys, sells, and appraises business jets.
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Take Flight Aviation LLC 14 aircraft · Montgomery Take Flight Aviation is a flight school based in Montgomery, New York that offers private pilot training, career pilot training, multi-engine training, and custom flight training.
- Valley Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft · Middletown, 9 miles away Valley Soaring Club is a non-profit flying club based at Randall Airport in Middletown, New York, dedicated to the sport of soaring (gliding).
- Eta Flyers Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · Florida, 13 miles away
- Ranch Hand Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Gardiner, 13 miles away
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
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, 6 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 2 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters. Also nearby: 21 aviation medical examiners, 11 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 5 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 78 training center evaluators, 1 training center examiner.
- 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 (0 nm) · (718) 868-8855 · [email protected]
- 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 (7 nm) · (845) 549-3755 · [email protected]
- Thomas Maciej Jablonski instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Ramsey, NJ (28 nm) · (321) 591-6474 · [email protected]
- Christopher Calvert private pilot, commercial and instrument, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Milford, PA (30 nm) · (602) 738-4541 · [email protected]
- Ryan Andrew Ferguson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Sparta, NJ (32 nm) · (201) 247-2873 · [email protected]
- William Gregory Hill private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Air Fleet Training · Fairfield, NJ (38 nm) · (732) 740-9506 · [email protected]
- Daniel Arenson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Lords Valley, PA (39 nm) · (503) 318-2343 · [email protected]
- 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 (40 nm) · (914) 424-9030 · [email protected]
All 128 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- 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.
- 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 34 since 1982, 8 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
- Aircraft registered in Montgomery 27 aircraft · 21 piston singles, 5 piston twins, 1 turboprops
- Take Flight Aviation LLC 13 aircraft in town
- Taylor Aviation INC 4 aircraft in town
- Flightpath LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Avquest Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Take Flight Aviation LLC 14 aircraft · flight school
- Valley Soaring Club INC 7 aircraft · flying club
- Eta Flyers Aviation LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 34 since 1982 · 8 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New York 1,965 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New York 126 landing places
- New York 6,660 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MGJ.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.