Edward F Knapp State Airport
MPV · KMPV · Barre/Montpelier, Vermont · Washington County · map
Edward F Knapp State Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Vermont, 3 miles west of Barre/Montpelier, Vermont, 1,166 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive) and about 42 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 10,300 takeoffs and landings a year. About 52 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Edward F Knapp State Airport?
Its FAA code is MPV, and its ICAO code is KMPV.
Where is Edward F Knapp State Airport?
It is 3 miles west of Barre/Montpelier, Vermont, 1,166 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Edward F Knapp State Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 17/35, is 5,000 feet long.
Does Edward F Knapp State Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Edward F Knapp State Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive.
Where can you fly nonstop from Edward F Knapp State Airport?
Airline flights go to 3 airports, the busiest of them Westchester County, Norwood Memorial, Philadelphia International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Edward F Knapp State Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Sugarbush Soaring Association INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Edward F Knapp State Airport?
3 pilot examiners and 5 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 Edward F Knapp State Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA MPV · ICAO KMPV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Vermont
- Elevation
- 1,166 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 16W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 3,001 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 35 ft high 415 ft from the end
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 502 ft, ant 14 ft high 262 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · UNICOM base stn not manned continuously. |
| Mpv and automated weather (ASOS) | 132.675 | |
| Montpelier and center (remote transmitter) Low/high | 135.7 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 802-229-2037.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Morrisville-Stowe State Airport (20 nm north), Patrick Leahy Burlington International (30 nm northwest), Lebanon Municipal (36 nm south).
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 Vermont · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 17; medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- UNICOM base stn not manned continuously.
- Clnc slp 0:1 to runway 17 dthr due to 6 feet fence on 6 feet hill, 240 feet left of centerline.
- 52 feet tree, 1125 feet from dthr, 250 feet L, obstruction clnc slp 17:1.
- 160 feet tree, 1200 feet from dthr, 140 feet L. obstruction clnc slp 15:1.
- Field condition not Monday when unatndd.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -19C.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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 5 departures from MPV in those twelve months, carrying 17 passengers in 40 seats (42% filled), to 3 destinations on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward F Knapp State → Westchester County MPV–HPN | 3 | 5 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Edward F Knapp State → Norwood Memorial MPV–OWD | 1 | 4 | Tradewind Aviation |
| Edward F Knapp State → Philadelphia International MPV–PHL | 1 | 8 | Tradewind Aviation |
All 3 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 | 37 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 1 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 10,300, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 300 |
| general aviation, travelling | 1,500 |
| general aviation, local | 8,000 |
| 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 Barre/Montpelier from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Barre/Montpelier, VT 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:
- Sugarbush Soaring Association INC 5 aircraft · Warren, 14 miles away Sugarbush Soaring is a flying club based at Warren-Sugarbush Airport (0B7) in Vermont's Mad River Valley.
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, 3 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives.
- Gregory Stuart Livernois 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 · Vermont Flight Academy · South Burlington, VT (30 nm) · (386) 243-5944 · [email protected]
- Duane Anthony Tedesco private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Plattsburgh, NY (47 nm) · (518) 241-3601 · [email protected]
- John David Curran private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Border Air Ltd · Swanton, VT (49 nm) · (802) 777-8331 · [email protected]
All 13 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-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.
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 · 6 since 1982, 1 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 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Vermont 248 since 1982 · 35 in the last ten years
- Sugarbush Soaring Association INC 5 aircraft · flying club
- Westchester County (HPN) 3 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Norwood Memorial (OWD) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Philadelphia International (PHL) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Vermont 16 landing places
- Vermont 676 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/MPV.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 27, 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.