Hamilton Municipal
VGC · KVGC · Hamilton, New York · Madison County · map
Hamilton Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the Village of Hamilton, 1 mile northwest of Hamilton, New York, 1,137 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,314 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive) and about 38 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 17,310 takeoffs and landings a year. About 41 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KVGC · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 17 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 45°F (7°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 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 KVGC 062235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/00 A3008 RMK AO2
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 VGC · ICAO KVGC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Village of Hamilton
- Elevation
- 1,137 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to September, Monday to Saturday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; October to April, Monday to Saturday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; May to September, Sunday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm; October to April, Sunday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1963
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,314 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 300 ft, 5,014 ft available for landing, trees 98 ft high 1,786 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, two lights on the left, 5,014 ft available for landing, trees 33 ft high 848 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.125 | |
| Vgc and aWOS-3P | 119.425 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 315-824-1825.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 17,310, 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
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Aircraft registered in Hamilton from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Hamilton, New York: 2 piston singles, 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 17/35; runway end identifier lights runways 17 and 35 - 122.7.
- 13 feet brush, 90 feet from runway end, 75 - 222 feet right.
- 5 feet. Berm, 109 feet from threshold, 179 feet right.
- Runway 17 clnc slope 29:1 to dthr.
- Noise abatement procedures in effect; all aircraft departures maintain runway heading until 2100 feet above sea level before making turn out.
- Maintenance shop AP and IA available MON-FRI 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
- Ultralights on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 17/35 south end has 572 feet safety area.
- Taxi service and car rental available.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of runway 17/35.
- RWY17: wind mills 3 MI north of airport.
- Migratory birds on and in the vicinity of of airport spring and fall.
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.