Schenectady County Airport

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For the military use of the airport, see Stratton Air National Guard Base.
Schenectady County Airport
IATA: SCH – ICAO: KSCH – FAA LID: SCH
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Schenectady County
Serves Schenectady, New York
Elevation AMSL 378 ft / 115 m
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Map
SCH is located in New York
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Location of airport in New York
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 7,000 2,134 Asphalt
10/28 4,850 1,478 Asphalt
15/33 2,864 873 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 62,588
Based aircraft 110

Schenectady County Airport (IATA: SCH, ICAO: KSCH, FAA LID: SCH) is a county owned, public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) north of the central business district of Schenectady, a city in Schenectady County, New York, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a reliever airport.[2]

Founded in 1927, the airport is home to Richmor Aviation, Fortune Air, the 109th Airlift Wing (109 AW) of the New York Air National Guard, the Empire State Aerosciences Museum, and several private aircraft.

Facilities and aircraft

Schenectady County Airport covers an area of 750 acres (304 ha) at an elevation of 378 feet (115 m) above mean sea level. It has three asphalt paved runways: 4/22 is 7,000 by 150 feet (2,134 x 46 m); 10/28 is 4,850 by 150 feet (1,478 x 46 m); 15/33 is 2,864 by 50 feet (873 x 15 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2009, the airport had 62,588 aircraft operations, an average of 171 per day: 79% general aviation, 15% military, and 6% air taxi. At that time there were 110 aircraft based at this airport: 72% single-engine, 7% multi-engine, 6% jet, 2% helicopter, and 13% military.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 FAA Airport Master Record for SCH (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 5, 2012.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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