Airports / New York / MGJ
Orange County Airport
KMGJ / MGJMontgomery, New YorkELEV 364 FT
Google rating
Google reviews
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
#17 / 48
New York airports by Google rating
4.5★ across 95 Google ratings — ranked against 48 rated NY fields.
7 nm
To the nearest alternate
New York Stewart International Airport (SWF) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Orange County Airport, listed as KMGJ / MGJ, is a general aviation field in Montgomery, New York. The airport sits 364 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into MGJ for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are New York Stewart International Airport (SWF, 7 nm), Dutchess County Airport (POU, 18 nm), and Danbury Municipal Airport (DXR, 36 nm).
Charter pricing from MGJ depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Montgomery.
Field capability
ICAO
KMGJ
IATA
MGJ
FAA / Local
MGJ
Elevation
364 ft
Coordinates
41.5100° N · 74.2646° W
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Small
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs NY fields
state range 6–2,135 ft
At 364 ft, MGJ sits lower than 52% of the 50 New York fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 7nmSWFNew York Stewart International AirportNewburgh
- 18nmPOUDutchess County AirportPoughkeepsie
- 36nmDXRDanbury Municipal AirportDanbury
- 37nmHPNWestchester County AirportWhite Plains
- 41nmTEBTeterboro AirportTeterboro
- 43nmMMUMorristown Municipal AirportMorristown
Location
Open the full mapKMGJ · Orange County Airport · Montgomery, NY
From the ramp
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