Noise Abatement

We, the employees of GBR, welcome you to the Berkshires and to our little home away from home! We invite you to take advantage of our facilities, which include a picnic area, restrooms, fuel, coffee, snacks, a crew car, flight instruction, aircraft rental and aircraft repair. Our team of employees are here to help. Please tell us what we can do for you.

We consider ourselves lucky to be only two miles from a great little town that offers many restaurants, shops and businesses. We ask that you do us a favor. We are located in an area that is zoned residential/agricultural and, although many of the homes were built long after the airport was established, we are trying to be sensitive to our neighbors' concerns about noise. We ask that you review and use our good neighbor/noise management procedures when you come and go from the airport.

Please operate your aircraft safely, but always be aware of the noise being generated in the airport neighborhood.

Thank you for your patronage and continued support. If we work together, we will be here for many more years to meet your flying needs. Safe flying!!!

Airport Diagram

Runway 29 Noise Abatement

Runway 11 Noise Abatement

Flight School Hours

Normal

• 8:00 am – 5:00 pm daily

• Hours may change by appointment

Memorial Day through Labor Day

• No continuous takeoffs and landings before 8:00 am or after 5:00 pm

 During Fall, Winter, Spring

• No continuous takeoffs and landings before 8:00 am or after 6:00 pm

 On Sundays

• No continuous takeoffs and landings before 9:00 am or after 5:00 pm

No Flight School Operations on the following holidays

• Memorial Day

• July 4th

• Thanksgiving

• Christmas

*Keep run-ups sufficient and safe, but as short as possible.

*Use all available runway and maximum takeoff power to minimize your takeoff roll.

*Climb out using best angle airspeed.

*Turn right to a 305 heading ASAP after takeoff on runway 29.

*Climb to a minimum of 1300' before any turns.

*Use our NEW pattern altitude of 1750' (1000' agl) and do not decent prematurely.

*Consider doing multiple approaches or takeoffs and landings at airports that are in less populated areas.

*Talk to any of us with thoughts or concerns about how to co-exist with our neighbors.