Skip to content

KVSF · Hartness State Airport

ICAO · US · 9 NTSB events

ID KVSF FAA VSF Elev 577 ft Lat 43° 20.62' N Lon 72° 31.04' W Zulu …

Live conditions

METAR

fetching…

Wind / Visibility

—

Density altitude (now)

—

Decode in METAR tool TAF on AWC ↗ NOTAMs ↗

Aerial view

No FAA diagram published

Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics, USDA FSA

Runways

4 runway ends on file. Longest: 5,501 ft. Max gradient: 0.30%

Designator Heading Length Width Surface Lighting Gradient
05 34.5° 5,501 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.30%
23 214.5° 5,501 ft 100 ft ASP Yes 0.30%
11 098° 3,000 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.24%
29 278° 3,000 ft 75 ft ASP Yes 0.24%

Lengths + headings: in-app airport database. Surface, width, lighting: OurAirports. Gradient: derived from FAA NASR runway-end elevations (NASR's RWY_GRAD field is empty in 99.99% of rows).

Communications · 4 frequencies

  • ASOS ASOS 121.425
  • CNTR BOSTON CNTR 134.700
  • RDO BURLINGTON RDO 122.500
  • UNIC CTAF/UNICOM 122.800

Live ATC audio (streaming + archived): Open KVSF on LiveATC ↗

Chart Supplement remarks, plain English · cycle 22JAN2026 · 4 matched · 34 not yet translated

Translations anchored to the FAA text; the raw FAA text is authoritative.

TL;DR

  • ·Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 05; MIRL Rwy 05–23 and 11–29. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.
  • ·Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

Watch for

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 05; MIRL Rwy 05–23 and 11–29. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    pcl ctaf

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    wildlife hazard

All translated remarks (4)

  • Pilot-controlled lighting: click mic 7 times on the CTAF to activate REIL Rwy 05; MIRL Rwy 05–23 and 11–29. Lights stay on 15 minutes — click again to refresh.

    Raw FAA text · service · operational

    ACTVT REIL Rwy 05; MIRL Rwy 05–23 and 11–29—CTAF

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Birds on and invof arpt.

  • Airport attended 1200–2300Z‡. Self-service or limited operations outside attended hours.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · advisory

    Attended 1200–2300Z‡.

  • Wildlife on or near runways. Vigilant scan during taxi, takeoff, and landing roll. Birds also reported in the area.

    Raw FAA text · airport remarks · operational

    Birds on and invof arpt.

Not yet translated · raw FAA text (34 sentences)
  • ·334 VERMONT SHELBURNE (VT8) 2 S UTC–5(–4DT) N44º21.62´ W73º13.58´ 325 NOTAM FILE BTV RWY 01–19: 3077X60 (TURF) RWY 01: Trees.
  • ·No ln of sight btn rwy ends.
  • ·Rwy sfc rough fst 200 ft each end. 70 ft pole mid–fld, 200 ft E of rwy cntrln.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 802-985-2100
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD ctc Burlington Apch at 802-657-4413, when Apch clsd ctc Boston ARTCC at 603-879-6859.
  • ·SMUTO N43º42.37´ W72º57.40´ NOTAM FILE RUT.
  • ·NDB (MHW) 221 DYO 193º 10.6 NM to Rutland/Southern Vermont Rgnl. 1138/15W.
  • ·NDB unusable: 351º–189º byd 15 NM SPRINGFIELD HARTNESS STATE (SPRINGFIELD) (VSF)(KVSF) 3 NW UTC–5(–4DT) N43º20.62´ W72º31.04´ 578 B TPA—See Remarks NOTAM FILE VSF RWY 05–23: H5501X100 (ASPH) S–32, D–45 MIRL 0.3% up SW RWY 05: REIL.
  • ·VASI(V4L)—GA 4.0º TCH 59´.
  • ·RWY 11–29: H3000X75 (ASPH) S–30 MIRL 0.3% up W RWY 11: Trees.
  • ·Noise sensitive area W of arpt.
  • ·After hrs call 603–762–8080.
  • ·Gliders on and invof arpt.
  • ·A+ fuel full svc only. 100LL fuel full and self svc.
  • ·Rwy conds not mnt when arpt is unatdd.
  • ·Rwy 23 is calm wind rwy in day VFR conds.
  • ·TPA—1658(1100) single engine, 2158(1600) multi–engine.
  • ·Maintain TPA on downwind leg for Rwy 05.
  • ·Apn and Twys A and B are PCN S–46 and D–62.
  • ·Cold temperature airport.
  • ·Altitude correction required at or below –19C.
  • ·AIRPORT MANAGER: 802-272-7725
  • ·ASOS 121.425 (802) 886–6006.
  • ·CTAF/UNICOM 122.8 SPRINGFIELD RCO 122.5 (BURLINGTON RADIO) ®BOSTON CENTER APP/DEP CON 134.7 CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHONE: For CD if una to ctc on FSS freq, ctc Boston ARTCC at 603-879-6859 .
  • ·LEBANON (L) DME 113.7 LEB Chan 84 N43º40.73´ W72º12.96´ 213º 24.0 NM to fld. 1443.
  • ·DME unusable: 045º–075º byd 36 NM blo 10,000´ 091º–119º byd 30 NM blo 7,500´ 161º–304º byd 30 NM blo 6,300´ LOC/DME 111.3 I–VSF Chan 50 Rwy 05.
  • ·DME unusable byd 11 NM blw 3,500´; byd 20º r of course.
  • ·VERGENNES BASIN HARBOR (B06) 4 NW UTC–5(–4DT) N44º11.50´ W73º21.52´ 124 NOTAM FILE BTV RWY 02–20: 3000X90 (TURF) RWY 02: Trees.
  • ·Rwy 02–20 clsd from Nov 15–Apr 15.
  • ·Rwy sfc soft aft hvy rain. 60 ft trees, 70 ft each side of rwy cntrln, S 2000 ft.

+ 4 more sentences · see Chart Supplement page below for the full text

Field profile

Use

Public-use

Ownership

Public

Scheduled service

No

Tags

Springfield

Source: OurAirports community

IATA · VSF

FAA Chart Supplement

NTSB events

9 NTSB-recorded events on file at this airport .

Total events

9

since 1982

Fatal

0

0.0% of total

Last 5 years

2

≈ 0.4/yr

Last 10 years

5

≈ 0.5/yr

Ranking across all airports · Open in accident map ↗

Operations volume

FAA TAF · history through 2024

2005 2024

Peak: 13,600 ops in 1990

2024 total

6,611

10-yr total

66,110

2024 mix

AC/AT 3% · GA 94% · Mil 2%

Events / million ops

75.6

last 10 years

Fatal / million ops

0.00

approximate · 10-yr scaled

Last 10 years · n=5

  • Other 3
  • Undershoot / overshoot 1
  • Stall / spin 1

All time · n=9

  • Other 4
  • Stall / spin 2
  • Controlled flight into terrain 1
  • Loss of control 1
  • Undershoot / overshoot 1

Categories rule-matched from NTSB findings and probable-cause text. "Other" = not enough agency text to classify.

Date Aircraft · Classification · Wx Sev
2025-08-16 Centrair 101A · Stall / spin · day →
2021-08-15 Schweizer SGS 2-33A · Other · VMC · day →
2018-05-05 Schweizer SGS 1 26 · Other · VMC · day →
2017-08-27 Piper J5A · Other · VMC · day →
2017-05-20 Schweizer SGS233 · Under/overshoot · VMC · day →
2012-05-17 Piper PA46 · Loss of control · VMC · day →
2007-06-16 Northwing Design Apache Quest · Stall / spin · VMC · day →
1993-07-04 Burkhart Grob SPEED ASTIR II · CFIT · VMC · day →
1986-08-12 Cessna 150 · Other · day →

Designees in VT

CFI Flight Instructors 127 A&P Mechanics 273 AME Medical Examiners (AME) 3 DME Mechanic Examiners (DME) 1 DAR-F Manufacturing Airworthiness (DAR-F) 1 DER-Y Engineering — Company (DER-Y) 5 DER-T Engineering — Consultant (DER-T) 5 SAE Specialty Aircraft Examiners (SAE) 2 Schools Flight Schools 7 FBO Fixed Base Operators 6 Clubs Flying Clubs 5 Repair Repair / Maintenance Shops 1 EAA EAA Chapters 4

DPEs nearby

Distance is city-centroid to airport, a first cut, not the exam location.

Designee City ST Distance
Donald Wood Plainfield NH 14 nm
Gregory Stuart Livernois Keene NH 25 nm
James Victor Loranger Gilford NH 51 nm
Christopher Allen Thresher Manchester NH 52 nm
Michael Rhodes Nashua NH 57 nm
Richard Macisaac Northampton MA 61 nm
Abdallah Mahmoud Itani Ballston Spa NY 62 nm
Matthew Angelo Taggard Ballston Spa NY 62 nm
Edward J Winchester Porter Corners NY 62 nm
Gregory Stuart Livernois South Burlington VT 72 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~1,400 DPEs nationwide. Source: FAA Designee Locator.

CFIs nearby

City-centroid distance; ratings as on the FAA certificate.

Instructor City ST Distance
Peter Edward Macgillivray Springfield VT 3 nm
Leslie Maitland Sparks Springfield VT 3 nm
Iain Alasdair Crawford Perkinsville VT 3 nm
Carrianne Marie Knight Perkinsville VT 3 nm
Daniel David Batchelder Chester VT 6 nm
Ian Gary Martel Proctorsville VT 6 nm
Roy John Headwell Claremont NH 8 nm
Kenneth Howard Parrot West Windsor VT 10 nm
Frank Rupert Loeffler Jr Cornish NH 11 nm
Ethan Ryan Prins Weston VT 13 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~70,900 active CFIs nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

A&P mechanics nearby

City-centroid distance. A = airframe, P = powerplant, IA = inspection authorization.

Mechanic City ST Distance
David Robert Martel Springfield VT 3 nm
Craig Stephen Chamberlin Springfield VT 3 nm
Clifford Joseph Azarigian Springfield VT 3 nm
Dominick E Dottavio Cavendish VT 5 nm
Donald Bruce Taylor Chester VT 6 nm
Brian Albert Shepa Charlestown NH 8 nm
John Conrad Lambert Charlestown NH 8 nm
James Howard Palmer Charlestown NH 8 nm
William John Sanborn Jr Charlestown NH 8 nm
Jason Bradley Angles Charlestown NH 8 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~248,300 certificated mechanics nationwide. Source: FAA Airmen Certification Database.

Repair stations nearby

By airport location.

Shop Distance
Craig Avionics
Concord, NH
 45 nm
Green Mountain Avionics
Middlebury, VT
 46 nm
Murray Avionics, Inc.
Scotia, NY
 69 nm
AirFlyte, Inc. / Rectrix MRO
Westfield, MA
 72 nm
Hampton Airfield Maintenance Shop
North Hampton, NH
 77 nm
Air Bear Aviation
Danvers, MA
 84 nm
VIP Aero Instruments and Avionics
Hartford, CT
 97 nm
Maine Aviation Aircraft Maintenance, LLC
Portland, ME
 98 nm
Windham Aircraft Repair
North Windham, CT
 99 nm
NexAir Avionics, LLC
Plymouth, MA
 99 nm

Showing 10 closest of ~400 geocoded shops in the repair-station directory. Source: AOPA business listings.