Rensselaer County
5B7 · Troy, New York · Rensselaer County · map
Rensselaer County is a public-use airport owned by Du This du That INC, 6 miles southeast of Troy, New York, 440 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,670 feet of asphalt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5B7
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Du This du That INC
- Elevation
- 440 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,670 × 50 ft | Asphalt, failed |
- Runway 18: trees 53 ft high 349 ft from the end
- Runway 36: trees 97 ft high 287 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 |
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Aircraft registered in Troy from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Troy, New York: 11 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.
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 airport NTSB records · 9 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
- VFR only
- Runway 18 first 40 feet overgrown with grass.
- 11FT tree 153FT from runway end, 8FT L.
- 18 feet tree 164 from runway end, 35 feet R; 8 feet tree 102 feet from runway end, 19 feet L.
- Marking nrs faded.
- Runway 18 markings not vsb.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slp.
- Widespread svr cracking and distortion. Svr spalling and faulting. Widespread vegetation.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Srndg trrn slopes down to runway; due to higher srndg trrn recommended use of the flwg procedures: departure runway 36 - use best angle of climb speed until well clear of residential area north of runway 36;
- Arrivals runway 18 - mntn suf altitude on final so as to avoid low altitude and/or high power over residential area which underlies final approach to runway 18. Departures runway 18 and arrivals runway 36 - use normal procedures.
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.