South Albany Airport
4B0 · South Bethlehem, New York · Albany County · map
South Albany Airport is a public-use airport owned by South Albany CORP, 2 miles north of South Bethlehem, New York, 196 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 2,853 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4B0
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- South Albany CORP
- Elevation
- 196 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- November to March, every day, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; April to October, every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 2,853 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: threshold displaced 150 ft, tree 27 ft high 226 ft from the end
- Runway 19: threshold displaced 124 ft, tree 30 ft high 428 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.05 |
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Aircraft registered in South Bethlehem from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list South Bethlehem, NY as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 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
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 01/19; wdi light - the common traffic frequency.
- +18 feet tree, 178 feet from runway, 116 feet L. 6 feet fence 125 feet R and 115 feet L.
- +42 feet pole, 194 feet from runway, 176 feet L.
- Runway 01 clnc slp 18:1 to dthr due to +18 feet tree, 328 feet from dthr, 116 feet L.
- Clnce slope 12:1 to dthr due to +44 feet tree, 535 feet from dthr, 177 feet L.
- Airport closed to aircraft over 12500 pounds.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Helicopter noise abatement procedure in effect. VFR departure mntn runway hdg until reaching 500 feet above ground level. Avoid arrival and departure to/from the west.
- 17 feet railroad air carriers centerline 200 feet south of runway 01
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.