KFSO — Franklin County State
Highgate, VT · field elevation 228 ft · NON-ATCT
KFSO current weather Live
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KFSO 252355Z AUTO 35004KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A3018 RMK AO2 T01680107 10243 20165
- Wind
- from 350° at 4 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 17 °C / dewpoint 11 °C
- Altimeter
- 30.18 inHg
- Density altitude
- 174 ft · pressure altitude -32 ft
- Observed
- 2 minutes ago
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Wind on each runway
Wind 350° at 4 kt. Positive is a headwind.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | 4 kt head | — |
| 18 | 4 kt tail | — |
Calculator: crosswind components
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
1 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 37,000–37,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KFSO — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KFSO — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 44.93893, -73.09713
- Elevation
- 228 ft MSL
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1043Z / 2244Z
- Magnetic variation
- 14°W (2025)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A1+
- Sectional
- Montreal
- County
- Franklin, VT
Airport diagram
Everything else KFSO publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 4,001 | 75 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- CTAF
- 122.8
- UNICOM
- 122.8
- Approach
- 121.1
Published procedures
- 2 approaches — RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KEFK Northeast Kingdom Intl37 nm
- KMPV Edward F Knapp State50 nm
- KCDA Caledonia County51 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KFSO airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other Vermont airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.