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Luther Airport

NK51 · Chittenango, New York · Madison County · map

Luther Airport is a private airport, 1 mile east of Chittenango, New York, 740 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 09/27, is 1,700 feet of grass.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA NK51
Kind
Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation
740 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
New York sectional
Magnetic variation
12W
In the FAA's files since
June 1948

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

09271735N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
09/271,700 × 80 ftGrass, good
17/351,060 × 90 ftGrass, failed
  • Runway 09: power line 30 ft high 95 ft from the end
  • Runway 27: brush 10 ft high 13 ft from the end
  • Runway 17: tree 50 ft high 50 ft from the end
  • Runway 35: tree 50 ft high 20 ft from the end

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
none reported
Repairs
none at the field, as reported
Parking
tie-downs

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Syracuse Hancock International (12 nm northwest), Hamilton Municipal (17 nm southeast), Griffiss International (23 nm northeast), LT Warren Eaton Airport (31 nm southeast).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Syracuse Hancock International (12 nm northwest), Hamilton Municipal (17 nm southeast), Griffiss International (23 nm northeast), Skaneateles Aero Drome Airport (27 nm west).

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

  • Existed prior to 5/15/59.
  • Numbers barely visible in grass
  • Numbers barely visible in grass
  • Utility poles/lines cross runway at angle - is 315' from thld at centerline
  • Grass not mowed; 4FT tall grass, bushes and saplings entire length of runway.
  • First 50' of runway 35 drops off approximately 8'.
  • Runway 17/35- crosswind runway not mowed: 4 feet high grass, bushes and saplings entire length of runway.
  • Runway 9/27: mowed clear area 100' an X 100' before each runway beg.
  • Runway 9: 2.5% upslope first 400' of runway
  • Runway 9: +50'-80' trees penetrate lat. Transient. Surf., 128'-305' north of centerline, 225'-710' past thld; +20-60' trees penetrate lat. Transient. Surf., 40'-80' south of centerline, 0'-1300' past thld
  • Runway 9: +40-85' trees in prim. Surf., 45'-75' north of centerline, 700-800 past thld
  • Runway 27 has +24 feet utility poles/wires cross runway at a skew. Closest is 104 feet R; 170 feet from thld; +21 feet tree, 100 feet R 40 feet from thld. 12 feet DROP-OFF located 10 feet from runway end.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Chittenango from the FAA register

6 aircraft are registered to owners in Chittenango, New York: 6 piston singles. 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.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

  • Syracuse Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Fayetteville, 8 miles away Syracuse Flying Club is a not-for-profit membership corporation located at Syracuse Hancock International Airport in Syracuse, NY.
  • Red Baron Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Oneida, 9 miles away
  • Syracuse Flight School INC 2 aircraft · Syracuse, 14 miles away 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, 14 miles away The Syracuse Flying Club is a not-for-profit membership corporation located at Syracuse Hancock International Airport in Syracuse, NY.

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

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.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/NK51.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 30, 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.