Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield
GTB · KGTB · Fort Drum, New York · Jefferson County · map
Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield is a private airport owned by the US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency, 1 mile northeast of Fort Drum, New York, 690 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 10,000 feet of concrete. It has a control tower.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Wheeler-Sack Army Airfield…
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GTB · ICAO KGTB
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · owned by the Army
- Owner
- US Army Aeronautical Svcs Agency
- Elevation
- 690 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with approach control · around the clock
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 10,000 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 5,002 × 144 ft | Concrete | High-intensity lights |
| 08/26 | 4,501 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), threshold displaced 1,363 ft
- Runway 21: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-1), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 15: medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 08: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 119.525 | Wheeler-Sack |
| Clearance delivery | 120.8 | |
| Clearance delivery | 123.65 | Wheeler-Sack |
| Ground | 123.45 | Wheeler-Sack |
| Tower | 118.75 | Wheeler-Sack |
| Approach and departure | 124.875 | Wheeler-Sack |
| Base and operations | 126.2 | Wheeler-Sack |
| Flt and flw | 141.025 | Wheeler-Sack |
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: Watertown International (13 nm west), Ogdensburg International (39 nm north), Potsdam Muni/Damon Field (50 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Watertown International (13 nm west), Ogdensburg International (39 nm north), Potsdam Muni/Damon Field (50 nm northeast).
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
- Located on 847'MSL tower west of runway 8.
- SERVICE-L-AOE JASU-3(ASU600-270-DDP). FUEL-A++ (military); available 1400-0300Z++MON-FRI, except holidays, OT PN.
- R/west 1400 feet, F/west 2000 feet turbo jet 2500 feet, overhead 3000 feet.
- Otr times prior permission required. Airport closed holidays.
- Runway 08/26 cntr 75 feet concrete between runway 03 and taxiway D, pcn 54, remainder asphalt.
- Tran alert: no catering, cleaning, lav, trash removal, water, or crew trnsp service available.
- Restricted: prior permission required contact base operations dsn 772-5681 C315-772-5681/5682. Tenant aircraft have priority for local pattern operations, tran may be ltd. Runway 15-33.taxiway G restricted to C130 or smaller. Sod landing/operations restricted to cntr, sod. Oasis rst to tenant R/west hot reful operations, landing/departure prohibited when closed. Taxiway B between taxiway a and north ramp closed.
- Ctn: drone (UAS) operates WI 20NM kgtb SFC-FL290. Extsy military aircraft activity vicinity airport military aircraft refer to flip AP/1 prior to operations on Fort Drum or WI R-5201. Narrow taxiway a,B int arc 40 feet wide. North ramp edge light U.S.. taxiway B edge light U.S. between taxiway a and sabre helipad. West ramp unlighted. Rsc not mntn when base operations is closed. Wildlife haz, refer to AP/1.
- Misc: weather service available 24/7. Dsn 772-6065, C315-772-6065. BACK-UP weather brief available FR 15 ows scott afb dsn 576-9755/9702, C618-256-9755/9702. Pri weather sensors automated H24. Drg AUGMENTATION/BACK-UP weather observation PT is obstruction 033 DEGS-162 degreess. Pmsv frequency not monitored Saturday, Sunday, and federal holidays.
- NS abtmt - quiet hours 0300-1100Z++.
- Customs/agricultural/img: 24 hour PN, consult fcg. Aerial port msn aircraft plan arrival between 1300-0300Z++ MON-FRI except holidays, OT rqr advanced coord and apvl.
- Runway 03/21 aclt stop and takeoff run dist available 10000 feet.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fort Drum from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Drum, New York: 1 piston single. 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, 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 Drum 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in New York 1,965 since 1982 · 251 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 6,660 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GTB.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 October 29, 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.