Skaneateles Aero Drome Airport
6B9 · Skaneateles, New York · Onondaga County · map
Skaneateles Aero Drome Airport is a public-use airport owned by Skaneateles Aerodrome LLC, 2 miles southwest of Skaneateles, New York, 1,039 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 3,350 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 6B9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Skaneateles Aerodrome LLC
- Elevation
- 1,039 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1948
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,350 × 130 ft | Grass, fair | |
| 10/28 | 3,134 × 58 ft | Asphalt, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 04: trees 37 ft high 56 ft from the end
- Runway 22: fence 30 ft high 69 ft from the end
- Runway 10: threshold displaced 243 ft, trees 59 ft high 440 ft from the end
- Runway 28: trees 51 ft high 265 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure | 126.125 | |
| 6B9 AWOS-3P | 120.125 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 315-685-5790.
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Aircraft registered in Skaneateles from the FAA register
31 aircraft are registered to owners in Skaneateles, New York: 25 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 gliders, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 5 since 1982, 2 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
- Runway 04/22 available 15 may to 15 oct.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 10/28 non-standard medium-intensity runway lights; lights are 38 feet from pavement edge.
- Runway 10 two 30 feet pwr poles 80 feet either side of centerline 60 feet from thld; 3 feet fence OB 20 feet from thld 15 feet road OB 30 feet from thld. 4 feet fence OB 80 feet from thld.
- Runway 28 33 feet tree 138 feet from runway 120 feet right; 10 feet farm road crosses approach end 117 feet from threshold.
- Runway 22 fence crosses runway 10 feet from threshold below runway elev.
- Has variations in runway surface.
- Runway 28 two 55 feet power poles 70 feet either side of centerline 700 from threshold.
- Runway 10 3 feet fence 20 feet from thld on both sides 15 feet road 30 feet from thld on both sides and 4 feet fence 80 feet from thld on both sides. -10 feet culvert/ditch 50 feet left of cntrlne at threshold.
- Fuel available 24 hours self ser credit card.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
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.