FLYUAA NOV Issue | Page 18

KRUT Rutland – Southern Vermont Regional Airport Rutland County , Vermont Rutland – Southern Vermont Regional Airport ( IATA : RUT , ICAO : KRUT , FAA LID : RUT ), is a state-owned , public use airport located five nautical miles south of Rutland , Vermont . Situated in North Clarendon , it was formerly known as Rutland State Airport . Scheduled commercial service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service and provided by Cape Air , with three flights daily on ninepassenger Cessna 402 aircraft to Boston with typical flight times of 40 minutes .
Rutland – Southern Vermont Regional Airport is the closest commercial service airport to the mountain resorts of Killington , Pico , Okemo , Stratton , Bromley , Magic Mountain , and Mount Snow . In addition , Suicide Six and Ascutney Mountain resorts are included in RSVRA ’ s airport service area . Rutland – Southern Vermont is an FAA Part 139 certificated airport . For the 12-month period ending July 30 , 2011 , the airport had 31,770 aircraft operations , an average of 87 per day : 75 % general aviation , 22 % air taxi , and 3 % military . At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport : 80 % single-engine , 9 % multiengine , 4 % jet , 4 % helicopter , and 2 % ultra light . The general aviation community is served by the Columbia Air Services – RUT FBO .
10 | FlyUAA | www . FlyUAA . org | November Issue