Albany International
ALB · KALB · Albany, New York · Albany County · map
Albany International is a public-use airport owned by Albany County Arpt Auth, 6 miles northwest of Albany, New York, 285 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 01/19, is 8,500 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 91 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 61,528 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,464,369 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
2 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, mist).
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (ALB), for use 08:00–15:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 340° at 22 kt; 6,000 ft: 340° at 19 kt, 9 °C; 9,000 ft: 320° at 16 kt, 7 °C; 12,000 ft: 330° at 16 kt, 2 °C; 18,000 ft: 330° at 19 kt, -11 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 17,955 departures from ALB in those twelve months, carrying 1,622,026 passengers in 2,016,191 seats (80% filled), to 105 destinations (9 abroad) on 34 airlines.
All 105 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ALB · ICAO KALB
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Albany County Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 285 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1941
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 8,500 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 7,200 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 01: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 19: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 80 ft high 2,040 ft from the end
- Runway 10: 6,780 ft available for landing, gnd 151 ft high 5,009 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 1,192 ft, 6,007 ft available for landing, tree 54 ft high 1,019 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS · Alb and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.45 | Albany |
| Clearance delivery | 127.5 | Albany |
| Clearance delivery | 128.6 | |
| Ground | 121.7 | Albany |
| Tower | 119.5 | Albany |
| Approach and departure · Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Class C airspace arriving from headings 194 to 011 | 118.05 | Albany |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) | 127.15 | Albany |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 011 to 194 | 132.825 | Albany |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Albany |
| Alb and vot | 108.2 | |
| Ng and operations | 122.775 | Albany |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 518-218-6284.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 57 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 5 |
| helicopters | 11 |
| other | 11 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 61,528, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 27,102 |
| air taxi and commuter | 10,365 |
| general aviation, travelling | 15,889 |
| general aviation, local | 4,964 |
| military | 3,208 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Albany from the FAA register
45 aircraft are registered to owners in Albany, New York: 16 piston singles, 15 helicopters, 6 business jets, 3 turboprops, 3 gliders. 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- cargo handling, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
- Notes
- customs available · landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Schenectady County (8 nm northwest), South Albany Airport (11 nm south), Saratoga County (18 nm north).
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 4 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 4 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner.
- Andrew Everett Defeo private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Altamont, NY (11 nm) · (518) 330-0746 · adefeo3377@gmail.com
- Brad Joesph Sulik private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes · South Albany Airport · Selkirk, NY (12 nm) · (917) 803-2534 · sulikb@gmail.com
- Abdallah Mahmoud Itani private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ballston Spa, NY (15 nm) · (518) 573-8534 · alitani6@gmail.com
- Matthew Angelo Taggard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; helicopters · Independent Helicopters, LLC · Ballston Spa, NY (15 nm) · (845) 243-4794 · matt.taggard.dpe@gmail.com
- Stewart Douglas Stewart private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · columbia county airport / 1B1 · Ghent, NY (25 nm) · (413) 281-6788 · doug@dsflight.com
- Edward J Winchester private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Porter Corners, NY (26 nm) · (518) 281-3545 · libelle201b@hotmail.com
All 11 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 16 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Runway 28 approach ratio 26:1 to dthr.
- Taxiway D east of runway 01/19 rstrd to aircraft 12500 pounds and less.
- Birds, deer and other wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Weather balloon launches approximately 3 MI south of airport at 0600 and 1800.
- Taxiway C west of taxiway a: non mov area.
- Customs/img flight information service facility located north end general aviation apn. Aircraft clrg customs use painted psn markings and procd to minimize blast impact.
- Mowing WI safety areas of all runways and taxiways MAY-NOV.
- No aircraft parking between fire stn and taxiway L.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Albany 45 aircraft · 16 piston singles, 15 helicopters, 6 business jets
- New York State Police 8 aircraft in town
- State of New York 7 aircraft in town
- Carver Air LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 16 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New York 1,965 since 1982 · 252 in the last ten years
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 2,254 flights in twelve months · United Air Lines Inc., Envoy Air
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 1,739 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., PSA Airlines Inc.
- Philadelphia International (PHL) 1,530 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, Federal Express Corporation
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 1,417 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW) 1,269 flights in twelve months · SkyWest Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 1,123 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., American Airlines Inc.
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 1,095 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., PSA Airlines Inc.
- Orlando International (MCO) 1,032 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., JetBlue Airways
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New York 127 landing places
- New York 6,669 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/ALB.json.
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 9, 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.