Great Valley Airport
N56 · Great Valley, New York · Cattaraugus County · map
Great Valley Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile southeast of Great Valley, New York, 1,450 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 3,200 feet of grass and dirt.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA N56
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,450 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1985
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 3,200 × 90 ft | Grass and dirt, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 06: tree 45 ft high 540 ft from the end
- Runway 24: tree 50 ft high 36 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. |
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Aircraft registered in Great Valley from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Great Valley, NY as the owner's town.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 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
- Provided IFR operations are not conducted and hangars to the south of runway be obstruction lighted for night operations.
- Activate low-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 06/24 low-intensity runway lights non-standard.
- Controlling obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Airport daylight operations only.
- Runway 6/24: 200 feet ovrn south end, 400 feet north end.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.