Syracuse Hancock International
SYR · KSYR · Syracuse, New York · Onondaga County · map
Syracuse Hancock International is a public-use airport owned by the City of Syracuse, 4 miles northeast of Syracuse, New York, 421 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 10/28, is 9,013 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 61 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 68,070 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1,503,206 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Weather right now KSYR · observed 10:54 am EDT (14:54 UTC), 43 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the west (270°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 700 feet, overcast at 2,800 feet
- Temperature 58°F (14°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.90 inHg
The forecast issued Mon 10:12 am EDT (14:12 UTC), good until Tue 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC)
- From Mon 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 3,500 feet VFR
- At times between Mon 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC) and 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): a broken layer at 700 feet IFR
- From Mon 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 1,500 feet MVFR
- From Mon 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 2,000 feet MVFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSYR 121454Z 27008KT 10SM BKN007 OVC028 14/13 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP124 T01440128 53008 $
TAF KSYR 121412Z 1214/1312 VRB04KT P6SM BKN035 TEMPO 1214/1216 BKN007 FM121600 00000KT P6SM BKN015 FM130000 29004KT P6SM BKN020
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
3 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 1E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, mist).
- AIRMET TANGO 3W: moderate turbulence above 18,000 ft from 24,000 ft to 40,000 ft.
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, mist).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- CRJ9 at 600 ft, 0 nm northeast, 10:26 am EDT (14:26 UTC): a broken layer from 600 ft to 3,800 ft, remarks: final runway 28.
as filed, and in English
SYR UA /OV KSYR/TM 1426/FL006/TP CRJ9/SK BKN006-TOP038/RM FINAL RY 28
- Report
- a routine report filed through SYR
- Where
- over KSYR
- Time
- 14:26 UTC
- Height
- at 600 ft
- Aircraft
- CRJ9
- Sky
- a broken layer from 600 ft, tops 3,800 ft
- Remarks
- final runway 28
- E175 at 4,600 ft, 5 nm southeast, 9:25 am EDT (13:25 UTC): no turbulence, remarks: clear abov at 4,600 ft.
as filed, and in English
SYR UA /OV SYR150010/TM 1325/FL046/TP E175/SK TOPS046-BASES028/TB NEG/RM CLR ABOV 046
- Report
- a routine report filed through SYR
- Where
- 10 nm southeast (150°) of SYR
- Time
- 13:25 UTC
- Height
- at 4,600 ft
- Aircraft
- E175
- Sky
- TOPS046-BASES028
- Turbulence
- none
- Remarks
- clear abov at 4,600 ft
- B38M at 34,000 ft, 5 nm northwest, 9:05 am EDT (13:05 UTC): light chop turbulence.
as filed, and in English
SYR UA /OV SYR/TM 1305/FL340/TP B38M/TB CONS LGT CHOP
- Report
- a routine report filed through SYR
- Where
- over SYR
- Time
- 13:05 UTC
- Height
- at 34,000 ft
- Aircraft
- B38M
- Turbulence
- continuous light chop
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (SYR), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 290° at 24 kt; 6,000 ft: 310° at 27 kt, 13 °C; 9,000 ft: 310° at 34 kt, 8 °C; 12,000 ft: 320° at 32 kt, 2 °C; 18,000 ft: 300° at 32 kt, -10 °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.
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SYR · ICAO KSYR
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Syracuse
- Elevation
- 421 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
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1943
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 9,013 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 7,499 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: ILS with DME, VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 64 ft high 2,609 ft from the end
- Runway 28: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 80 ft high 2,924 ft from the end
- Runway 15: VASI, four boxes on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), trees 51 ft high 1,440 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 34 ft high 840 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 124.225 | Syracuse |
| Clearance delivery | 125.05 | Syracuse |
| Ground | 121.7 | Syracuse |
| Tower | 120.3 | Syracuse |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace | 126.125 | Syracuse |
| Approach and departure | 127.425 | Griffiss |
| Approach and departure | 134.275 | Syracuse |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Syracuse |
| Syracuse and rco | 122.4 | Syracuse |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 315-526-3244.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Oswego County (19 nm northwest), Hamilton Municipal (29 nm southeast), Cortland County/Chase Field (31 nm south).
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
- No chtr operations through passenger terminal building WO prior permission required.
- Non-standard markings; aiming point markings 1340 feet from approach end runway.
- Rvrt sensor shared by runway 33.
- Noise abatement procedures in effect.
- Deer/coyote/birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- No jet eng maintenance runs above idle between 11:00 pm to 6:00 am.
- No transient aircraft parking on main terminal ramp.
- Restricted: taxiway J and P south of taxiway Y closed to civil operations.
- Ctn: taxiway J and P south of taxiway Y and ang ramp have uncontrolled veh and eqpt traffic.
- Drone (UAS) oper WI the confines of Syracuse class C, times vary.
- Drone (UAS) operations in Syracuse approach/departure asp will be controlled by syr air traffic control at all times.
- NON-STD marking on military ramp.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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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 17,971 departures from SYR in those twelve months, carrying 1,425,551 passengers in 1,763,260 seats (81% filled), to 99 destinations (4 abroad) on 30 airlines.
All 99 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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 29 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 11 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 12 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 68,070, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 33,784 |
| air taxi and commuter | 8,605 |
| general aviation, travelling | 13,137 |
| general aviation, local | 7,314 |
| military | 5,230 |
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Syracuse from the FAA register
41 aircraft are registered to owners in Syracuse, New York: 26 piston singles, 5 business jets, 3 helicopters, 3 drones, 2 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Syracuse, by their names on the register:
- Syracuse Flight School INC 2 aircraft Syracuse Flight School is a FAR Part 61 flight training facility located at Syracuse Hancock International Airport (KSYR) in Syracuse, New York.
- Stockbridge Valley Flying Club INC 1 aircraft Syracuse Flying Club is a not-for-profit membership flying club located at Syracuse Hancock International Airport in Syracuse, New York.
Repair stations in Syracuse:
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
4 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 7 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 2 training center examiners.
- Robert Belisario private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Freeman Jet Center · Syracuse, NY (0 nm) · (315) 430-6454 · rbelisario5@gmail.com
- William Charles Ziesenitz private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Million Air · Rome, NY (31 nm) · (315) 853-6485 · billz@roadrunner.com
- David Paul St George private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Taughannock Aviation · Ithaca, NY (40 nm) · (607) 351-3637 · davidsaintgeorge@gmail.com
- Michael Bjerga private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Williamson Flying Club · Williamson, NY (47 nm) · (585) 721-4635 · wfcflight@gmail.com
All 18 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.
- 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 13 since 1982, 0 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Syracuse 41 aircraft · 26 piston singles, 5 business jets, 3 helicopters
- Volatus Aerospace US CORP 2 aircraft in town
- Syracuse Flight School INC 2 aircraft in town
- Rjk Air LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Syracuse Flight School INC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Stockbridge Valley Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- National Grid · repair station
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 2,280 flights in twelve months · Republic Airline, Envoy Air
- John F Kennedy International (JFK) 1,439 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., JetBlue Airways
- Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW) 1,299 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 1,296 flights in twelve months · CommuteAir LLC dba CommuteAir, GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express
- Philadelphia International (PHL) 1,274 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, PSA Airlines Inc.
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 1,086 flights in twelve months · Delta Air Lines Inc., Frontier Airlines Inc.
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 1,078 flights in twelve months · American Airlines Inc., PSA Airlines Inc.
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 979 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., American Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 0 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/SYR.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.