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Franklin County State Airport is a public airport located three miles (5 km) west of the central business district of Highgate, a town in Franklin County, Vermont, United States. It is owned by the State of Vermont.Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Franklin County State Airport is assigned FSO by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.Facilities and aircraftFranklin County State Airport covers an area of 348acre which contains one asphalt paved runway (1/19) measuring 3,000 x 60 ft (914 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending August 31, 2009, the airport had 10,200 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 93% general aviation, 7% military and <1% air taxi. There are 86 aircraft based at this airport: 90% single engine, 3% multi-engine, 1% helicopters and 6% ultralights.The airport was purchased by the State of Vermont and a new paved North-South runway was constructed in 1969.For the last 25 years the airport has been known for the odd and unique aircraft based there.