Joseph A Hardy Connellsville Airport
VVS · KVVS · Connellsville, Pennsylvania · Fayette County · map
Joseph A Hardy Connellsville Airport is a public-use airport owned by Fayette County Airport Authority, 5 miles southwest of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, 1,264 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 3,833 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 25 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 30,660 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KVVS · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 38°F (3°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KVVS 062235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/03 A3010 RMK AO2 T01500032
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 VVS · ICAO KVVS
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Fayette County Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 1,264 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,833 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 2,404 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: LOCALIZER, PAPI, two lights on the left
- Runway 23: PAPI, two lights on the right
- Runway 14: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 48 ft high 999 ft from the end
- Runway 32: trees 13 ft high 339 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.425 | |
| Altoona and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.4 | |
| Vvs and aWOS-3P | 133.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 724-626-8745.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 30,660, 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 Connellsville from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Connellsville, Pennsylvania: 3 piston singles. 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 Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 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
- In oper prior to 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 05; PAPI runway 05, 23 and 14. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 and 14/32 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for all aircraft over 6000 pounds gross weight; waived for fuel purchase.
- Self service 100LL available 24 hours; credit card only.
- Thld and edge light out of service indef.
- 16 feet trees; 282 feet from runway end, 127 feet right. 8 feet trees; 157 feet from runway end, 116 feet left. 12 feet trees; 271 feet from runway, 105 feet left.
- PAPI out of service indef.
- Runway 23 has a 265 feet relocated threshold for taxi only. Runway 14 has a 315 feet relocated threshold for taxi only, runway 32 has a 260 feet relocated threshold for taxi only.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway B closed to aircraft with wingspan more than 40 feet.
- Runway 14/32: closed sunset to sunrise.
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.