Tucked in a seam between the Green and Taconic Mountains, with the Adirondacks just to the west across the Champlain Valley, Rutland-Southern Vermont Regional Airport (KRUT) serves a variety of aircraft from biz jets to homebuilts. The appeal of Vermont scenery and skiing tempts vacationers into Rutland despite the surrounding hills.
You have your choice of six approaches: four instrument approaches from the north facing into the cul-de-sac valley, and two “drop-ins” from the south that leave you over 2300 feet above the runway at MDA. The southern approaches are not available at night, although there are red obstruction lights on surrounding mountain ridges for VFR arrivals.
