KGON Groton-New London Airport
Groton (New London), CT · 3 miles SE of GROTON (NEW LONDON), CT
Public
Towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KGON
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 9.1 ft
- Coordinates
- 41-19-48.2000N 072-02-42.5000W
- Lat / Long
- 41.3300556, -72.0451389
- Mag. variation
- 14W (1980)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 04/1940
- ARTCC
- BOSTON CENTER
- FSS
- BRIDGEPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- GON (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- 0600- 1400
- Pattern altitude
- 1000 FT LGT ACFT; 1500 FT ALL TURBINE PWRD ACFT.
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- WHEN ATCT CLSD, ACTVT MALSR RWY 05; HIRL RWYS 05/23 & 15/33 - CTAF.
- International operations
- customs landing rights airport U.S. CUST SVC AVBL WITH 6 HR PPR CALL MON-FRI 0800-1600 ON 203-773-2040 (OR TOLL FREE IN THE U.S. 1-800-973-2867) & FM CANADA 407- 975-1740. CALL BFR 1500 ON FRIDAY FOR
Airport diagram FAA official
Range from KGON
Runways
Longest 5,000 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5000 x 150 ft. / 1524 x 46 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 90.0
Runway 5
- Heading
- 048 magnetic, 034 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS/DME
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:5000 TODA:5000 ASDA:5000 LDA:5000
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 5.2 ft.
- Obstructions
- none
Runway 23
- Heading
- 228 magnetic, 214 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:5000 TODA:5000 ASDA:5000 LDA:5000
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 6.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 48 ft. tree, 1800 ft. from runway, 34:1 slope to clear
- Dimensions
- 45 x 45 ft. / 14 x 14 m
- Surface
- asphalt
- Edge lights
- high intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 90.0
Runway 15
- Heading
- 149 magnetic, 135 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (4.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:4000 TODA:4000 ASDA:3798 LDA:3491
- Markings
- none
- Displaced threshold
- 307 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- no
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 9.0 ft.
- Obstructions
- 12 ft. tree, lighted, 450 ft. from runway, 20:1 slope to clear
Runway 33
- Heading
- 329 magnetic, 315 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.75 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:4000 TODA:4000 ASDA:3871 LDA:3666
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Displaced threshold
- 205 ft.
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 5.8 ft.
- Obstructions
- APCH RATIO 25:1 TO DTHR.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 6
Arrivals — STAR 2
Other charts 1
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- yes
- Ctaf
- 125.6
- Atis
- 127.0
- Wx Asos
- 127.0 (860-449-8921)
- Groton Ground
- 121.65 236.775 [0700-2200]
- Groton Tower
- 125.6 236.775 [0700-2200]
- Providence Approach
- 125.75
- Providence Departure
- 125.75
- Clearance Delivery
- 121.65 119.85 ;WHEN TWR CLSD 2200-0000, 060
- Approach Lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Instrument Approach
- ILS/DME
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH/LOW
Ownership
- Manager
- DAVID LUCAS 155 TOWER AVE GROTON, CT 06340 Phone 860-841-9664
- Manager phone
- 860-841-9664
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.