Harris Hill
4NY8 · Elmira, New York · Chemung County · map
Harris Hill is a private gliderport owned by Chemung County, 3 miles northwest of Elmira, New York, 1,709 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 1,115 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The gliderport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 4NY8
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Chemung County
- Elevation
- 1,709 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- September to June, weekends, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm,jun to sep/all/10:00 am to dark
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 1,115 × 150 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 34: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Elmira/Corning Regional (2 nm north), Corning-Painted Post Airport (10 nm west), Ithaca Tompkins International (30 nm northeast), Bradford County (31 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Elmira/Corning Regional (2 nm north), Corning-Painted Post Airport (10 nm west), Ithaca Tompkins International (30 nm northeast), Bradford County (31 nm southeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in New York · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Frequent turbulence, stong west xwind and severe wind gradient conditions all runways; gliderport on hilltop 750 feet above valley.
- 123.3 mhz available weekends.
- Two parallel asphalt strips 1115X50 used for towplanes lnd. 1115X150 east used for takeoff.
- <extensive glider activity.
- (E128) sailplanes
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Elmira from the FAA register
23 aircraft are registered to owners in Elmira, New York: 11 gliders, 10 piston singles, 2 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New York.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Charter operators and airlines based in Elmira:
- Blissjet, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate
Companies in the same town as this gliderport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this gliderport
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this gliderport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Elmira 23 aircraft · 11 gliders, 10 piston singles, 2 business jets
- National Soaring Museum 2 aircraft in town
- Blissjet, LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport 4 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New York 1,964 since 1982 · 249 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New York 126 landing places
- New York 6,659 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/4NY8.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of November 9, 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.