| Genesee County Airport | |
| Icao: | KGVQ |
| Faa: | GVQ |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | Genesee County |
| Operator: | Genesee County Highway Department |
| City-Served: | Batavia, New York |
| Elevation-F: | 914 |
| Elevation-M: | 279 |
| Website: | www.co.genesee.ny.us/... |
| Coordinates: | 43.0317°N -78.1697°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA New York#USA |
| Pushpin Relief: | yes |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in New York |
| Pushpin Label: | GVQ |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| R1-Number: | 10/28 |
| R1-Length-F: | 5,500 |
| R1-Length-M: | 1,676 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2009 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations |
| Stat1-Data: | 40,000 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 48 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Genesee County Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Genesee County, New York, United States. It is located two nautical miles (4 km) north of the central business district of Batavia, a city located within the Town of Batavia.
This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.[2] Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned GVQ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.[3] [4]
Genesee County Airport covers an area of 326acres at an elevation of 914 feet (279 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending September 18, 2009, the airport had 40,000 aircraft operations, an average of 109 per day: 96% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 48 aircraft based at this airport: 85% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, 6% jet and 4% helicopter.
Nearby airports with instrument approach procedures include:[5]