Touch-and-Go & Run-Up Hours KGON local VFR procedures
Not for navigation. Verify against the official sources linked below before flight.
local ops Airport sponsor published verified 2026-08-28 (42 d ago)
Published by the airport sponsor; voluntary unless ATC assigns it. If ATC assigns this route to you in Class B, C or D airspace, that assignment is an ATC instruction and compliance is required (14 CFR 91.123) — and “unable” remains available to the pilot in command.
No touch-and-go 2200-0600 (prohibited) and none requested from sunset to 0800 (voluntary); no maintenance run-ups 2200-0700.
The route
- Aircraft operators are encouraged to refrain from touch-and-go operations between sunset and 0800 — this half is a request
- No touch-and-go operations are permitted between 2200 and 0600 — this half is a prohibition
- No maintenance run-ups permitted between 2200 and 0700, except when required to meet an early morning published flight schedule
When it applies
- Runway 5 or 23 or 15 or 33 — all operations No runway named. Note the single bullet contains both a voluntary request ("are encouraged to refrain") and a prohibition ("No touch-and-go operations are permitted")
Source text, verbatim
Aircraft operators are encouraged to refrain from touch-and-go operations between the hours of sunset and 8:00 am. No touch-and-go operations are permitted between 10:00 pm and 6:00 am. No maintenance run-ups permitted between 10:00 pm and 7:00 am, except when required to meet an early morning published flight schedule. [FAA Chart Supplement:] NO TGL OPNS PMTD BTN 2200-0600.
The text above is the published source wording and is authoritative over any summary on this page.
Sources
- Connecticut Airport Authority — Groton-New London Flight Planning, Noise Abatement Procedures Connecticut Airport Authority · retrieved 2026-08-28
- FAA Chart Supplement remark via NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 06 Aug 2026 (APT_RMK, GON) Federal Aviation Administration · retrieved 2026-08-28