Long Island Mac Arthur Airport
ISP · KISP · New York, New York · Suffolk County · map
Long Island Mac Arthur Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Islip, 40 miles east of New York, New York, 99 feet above sea level. It has 5 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 7,006 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 273 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 168,964 takeoffs and landings a year. About 687,539 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 TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 24,000 ft to 40,000 ft.
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent SF50 descending, 60 nm west, 6:50 am EDT (10:50 UTC): light turbulence, overcast above 1,200 ft, remarks: during the descent runway 5.
as filed, and in English
MMU UUA /OV MMU/TM 1050/FLDURD/TP SF50/SK OVC012/TB LGT/RM DURD RWY 5
- Report
- an urgent report filed through MMU
- Where
- over MMU
- Time
- 10:50 UTC
- Height
- during the descent
- Aircraft
- SF50
- Sky
- overcast from 1,200 ft
- Turbulence
- light
- Remarks
- during the descent runway 5
- B738 descending, 0 nm southwest, 9:02 am EDT (13:02 UTC): remarks: bases 900 ft.
as filed, and in English
ISP UA /OV ISP/TM 1302/FLDURD/TP B738/RM BASES 009
- Report
- a routine report filed through ISP
- Where
- over ISP
- Time
- 13:02 UTC
- Height
- during the descent
- Aircraft
- B738
- Remarks
- bases 900 ft
- C68A at 3,200 ft, 0 nm southwest, 8:23 am EDT (12:23 UTC): remarks: dur C.
as filed, and in English
ISP UA /OV 060005/TM 1223/FL032/TP C68A/SK BASES 007 / TOPS 025/RM DUR C
- Report
- a routine report filed through ISP
- Where
- wind from 060° at 5 knots
- Time
- 12:23 UTC
- Height
- at 3,200 ft
- Aircraft
- C68A
- Sky
- bases 700 ft; tops 2,500 ft
- Remarks
- dur C
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (JFK, 32 nm west), for use 08:00–15:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 020° at 25 kt; 6,000 ft: 290° at 9 kt, 12 °C; 9,000 ft: 300° at 12 kt, 7 °C; 12,000 ft: 320° at 14 kt, 3 °C; 18,000 ft: 290° at 17 kt, -10 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 5/2811 NEW YORK, NY, Monday, October 20, 2025 through Tuesday, October 20, 2026 Local 39 nm west · security · until 20 October
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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Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 7,195 departures from ISP in those twelve months, carrying 798,693 passengers in 1,022,206 seats (78% filled), to 63 destinations (4 abroad) on 20 airlines.
All 63 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 ISP · ICAO KISP
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Islip
- Elevation
- 99 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1943
Runways 5
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 7,006 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15R/33L | 5,186 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
| 15L/33R | 3,175 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | |
| H1 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | |
| H2 | 50 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 06: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 38 ft high 1,340 ft from the end
- Runway 24: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 15R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 33L: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 39 ft high 1,300 ft from the end
- Runway 33R: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.3 | Long Island |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Isp and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.725 | Long Island |
| Clearance delivery | 121.85 | Long Island |
| Ground | 135.3 | Long Island |
| Tower (secondary) | 124.3 | Long Island |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Nelie and star arriving from headings 180 to 329; arriving from headings 330 to 179 | 120.05 | Long Island |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Long Island |
| Isp and vot | 109.4 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 631-471-0131.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 155 |
| multi-engine | 20 |
| jets | 53 |
| helicopters | 36 |
| other | 9 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 168,964, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 10,640 |
| air taxi and commuter | 14,634 |
| general aviation, travelling | 48,320 |
| general aviation, local | 93,471 |
| military | 1,899 |
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 New York from the FAA register
479 aircraft are registered to owners in New York, New York: 195 business jets, 148 piston singles, 54 turboprops, 35 helicopters, 22 piston twins. 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- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Brookhaven Airport (11 nm east), Republic Airport (15 nm west), Francis S Gabreski Airport (21 nm east).
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 works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in New York, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in New York, by their names on the register:
- Cheyenne III Flyers LLC 1 aircraft
- Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft Penn Yan Flying Club is a flying club located in Penn Yan, New York, that has been in continuous operation since 1939.
Charter operators and airlines based in New York:
- Wheels Up Private Jets LLC 49 aircraft on the certificate
- Talon Air, LLC 27 aircraft on the certificate Talon Air is a private jet charter company operating from New York, NY.
- Carlisle Air Corporation 11 aircraft on the certificate
- Zip Aviation LLC 10 aircraft on the certificate Zip Aviation operates helicopter tours, private charters, and airport transfers in New York City and the Northeast United States.
- Helicopter Flight Services, Inc. 6 aircraft on the certificate
- Wheels Up Partners LLC 2 aircraft on the certificate
- Jet Charter Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate Jet Charter NYC is a private aviation broker based in the Philadelphia region that arranges on-demand charter flights to and from New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and the surrounding areas.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 8 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 47 aviation medical examiners, 16 mechanic examiners, 6 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 5 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 9 engineering representatives, 2 aircraft dispatcher examiners, 33 training center evaluators, 3 training center examiners.
- Neil Devon Rose private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · ATP Flight School · Ronkonkoma, NY (1 nm) · (718) 868-8855 · neil@neroaviation.com
- P Rivera-Hagarty private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lake Ronkonkoma, NY (1 nm) · (631) 836-2147 · paul.hagarty@flightsafety.com
- Michael Patrick Hughes private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Holtsville, NY (3 nm) · (516) 901-0982 · mikephughes71@gmail.com
- Eduardo Sosa private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Farmingdale, NY (15 nm) · (516) 384-3548 · esosa@longislandaviators.com
- Ioannis Charalambous private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Farmingdale, NY (15 nm) · (631) 879-3120 · cypilot1977@aol.com
- Marina Petkova Dimitrova private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Republic Airport · Farmingdale, NY (15 nm) · (347) 432-8332 · snowbird2m@yahoo.com
- Stephen Vincent Campbell private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Farmingdale, NY (15 nm) · (516) 965-7635 · campbesv@retiree.farmingdale.edu
- Nicholas John Gregory private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · New Rochelle, NY (32 nm) · (914) 424-9030 · nikwxman@aol.com
All 132 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
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 · 31 since 1982, 4 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
- Adzy:traffic landing runway 33L high density VFR traffic operg 600 feet above sea level and below vicinity bayport aerodrome 3 miles southeast.
- Dusk to dawn. When the control tower closed activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 15R/33L; taxiway LGTS- the common traffic frequency. High-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 preset low intst activate - the common traffic frequency; approach lights (MALSR) runway 06 and 24 preset med intst for prevailing wind runway.
- Landing fee for all aircraft except military and government.
- Landing fee for all aircraft except military, government and NOT-FOR-PROFIT medical flights.
- Runway 15L/33R not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Located on taxiway west south of int of taxiway B.
- Located on taxiway C north of taxiway south.
- Non-standard approach lights (MALSR); three outermost flasher lights exceed standard spacing.
- Non-standard markings, threshold bar misg on runway end.
- Non-standard markings, threshold bar misg on runway end.
- Bird actvty on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway south unlighted east of terminal apn.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in New York 479 aircraft · 195 business jets, 148 piston singles, 54 turboprops
- Wheels Up Partners LLC 49 aircraft in town
- Ryan Air LLC 24 aircraft in town
- Ttwn Media Networks LLC 8 aircraft in town
- Bennett Aviation LLC 4 aircraft in town
- Gregoire Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Wheels Up Private Jets LLC 49 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Talon Air, LLC 27 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Carlisle Air Corporation 11 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Zip Aviation LLC 10 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Cheyenne III Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Orlando International (MCO) 1,390 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., JetBlue Airways
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) 1,216 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., Sun Country Airlines d/b/a MN Airlines
- West Palm Beach/Palm Beach (PBI) 1,192 flights in twelve months · Southwest Airlines Co., JetBlue Airways
- General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) 933 flights in twelve months · Hyannis Air Service, Inc. dba Cape Air, JetBlue Airways
- Tampa International (TPA) 432 flights in twelve months · Frontier Airlines Inc., Southwest Airlines Co.
- Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International (FLL) 399 flights in twelve months · JetBlue Airways, Frontier Airlines Inc.
- Southwest Florida International (RSW) 322 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze, JetBlue Airways
- Concord (USA) 179 flights in twelve months · TEM Enterprises dba Avelo Airlines
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 31 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New York 1,965 since 1982 · 252 in the last ten years
- 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/ISP.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.