Bayport Aerodrome
23N · Bayport, New York · Suffolk County · map
Bayport Aerodrome is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Islip, 1 mile northwest of Bayport, New York, 39 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,750 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 23N
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Islip
- Elevation
- 39 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 600 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to dusk
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,750 × 150 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 18: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 51 ft high 355 ft from the end
- Runway 36: threshold displaced 556 ft, trees 52 ft high 10 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 |
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Aircraft registered in Bayport from the FAA register
6 aircraft are registered to owners in Bayport, New York: 5 piston singles, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 15 since 1982, 1 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- All traffic enter 45 degrees left base for RWY36 at 600 above sea level due heavy jet traffic runway 33L at isp. All traffic enter 45 degrees right. Downwind runway 18 over lakes at 600 above sea level due heavy jet traffic landing runway 33L at isp.
- Runway 18/36: west 75 feet width open MAY-SEPT, east 75 feet width open OCT-APR.
- Runway 36 thld marked with 1 feet wide apn and 2 feet wide thrd (white) both made with concrete blocks flush with grass surface.
- Runway 18 thld marked with concrete blocks flush with grass surface.
- Runway 36 thld and dthr marked with concrete blocks flush with grass surface.
- Runway 36 clnc slope 10:1 to dthr.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- All downwind spacing for runway 18/36 south/B over lakes for noise abatement.
- No closed traffic pattern or touch and go landings.
- Airport closed 30 minimum after sunset until 30 minimum before sunrise.
- Pilots be advised: due to pattern procedures, aircraft in the RUN-UP area or starting takeoff roll on runway 36, and aircraft on final approach to runway 36, may not be able to see each other due to trees.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.