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48VT Cub Cove Seaplane Base
Colchester, Vermont, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 03 SEPTEMBER 2026

Location

FAA Identifier: 48VT
Lat/Long: 44-33-12.7700N 073-13-53.3900W
44-33.212833N 073-13.889833W
44.5535472,-73.2314972
(estimated)
Elevation: 95 ft. / 29 m (estimated)
From city: 6 miles W of COLCHESTER, VT
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 05446

Seaplane Base Operations

Seaplane Base use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 04/2009
Control tower: no
ARTCC: BOSTON CENTER
FSS: BURLINGTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: MAY-OCT DAWN-DUSK
Wind indicator: no
Segmented circle: no

Seaplane Base Communications

UNICOM: 122.8
WX ASOS at BTV (6 nm SE): 123.8 (802-657-4490)
WX ASOS at PBG (12 nm NW): 132.225 (518-957-5905)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
BTVr002/9.6BURLINGTON VOR/DME117.5015W

Seaplane Base Services

Runway Information

Runway 5W/23W

Dimensions: 4000 x 300 ft. / 1219 x 91 m
Surface: water
RUNWAY 5W  RUNWAY 23W
Traffic pattern: leftleft

Seaplane Base Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: FRANK SHEA/ CATHERINE RUSH
48 SPAULDING EAST SHR
COLCHESTER, VT 05446
Phone 802-660-2641
ALTN: 954-609-9139.
Manager: FRANK SHEA
48 SPAULDING EAST SHR
COLCHESTER, VT 05446
Phone 954-609-4945

Additional Remarks

A52-05W 200 FT HILL 400 FT NW OF LNDG AREA.
- FOR CD CTC BURLINGTON APCH AT 802-657-4413, WHEN APCH CLSD CTC BOSTON ARTCC AT 603-879-6859.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 48VT.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KBTV - Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (6 nm SE)
KPBG - Plattsburgh International Airport (12 nm NW)
KFSO - Franklin County State Airport (24 nm N)
KMVL - Morrisville-Stowe State Airport (26 nm E)
KMPV - Edward F Knapp State Airport (36 nm SE)
  
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From to 48VT

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Sep-2026
 Local
(UTC-4)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:0510:05
Sunrise06:3410:34
Sunset19:0223:02
Evening civil twilight19:3123:31

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  17-Sep-2026 03:09:23
Local (UTC-4)  16-Sep-2026 23:09:23
 
METAR
KBTV 
6nm SE 		170254Z 00000KT 10SM BKN042 18/17 A3029 RMK AO2 SLP257 T01780167 50004
KPBG 
12nm NW 		170253Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/16 A3028 RMK AO2 SLP254 T01610156 51002 $
TAF
KBTV 
6nm SE 		161720Z 1618/1718 22009KT P6SM SCT050 FM162000 VRB04KT P6SM SCT050 FM170400 00000KT P6SM BKN100 FM170900 00000KT 6SM BR BKN045 FM171200 VRB03KT P6SM BKN045
KPBG 
12nm NW 		161720Z 1618/1718 13008KT P6SM BKN050 FM162200 00000KT P6SM BKN080 FM170900 00000KT P6SM BKN040
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