Nautical Mile Airport
5NK6 · Fort Plain, New York · Herkimer County · map
Nautical Mile Airport is a private airport, 6 miles wnw of Fort Plain, New York, 725 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 870 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 5NK6
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 725 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2024
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 870 × 100 ft | Grass |
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Albert S Nader Regional (30 nm southwest), Griffiss International (33 nm northwest), Schenectady County (36 nm east), Hamilton Municipal (37 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Fulton County (18 nm east), Frankfort-Highland Airport (19 nm west), Cooperstown-Westville Airport (21 nm south), Albert S Nader Regional (30 nm southwest).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Plain from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Plain, New York: 3 piston singles. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New York.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Fort Plain 3 aircraft · 3 piston singles
- Sacandaga Air INC 2 aircraft in town
- 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 6,663 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/5NK6.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 6, 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.