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 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- 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
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, never named. All aircraft registered in New York.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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
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.