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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

Codes: FAA NK51
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 740 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: unattended
Repairs: airframe: none; engine: none
Parking: tiedown
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

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
09/27	1,700 × 80 ft	Grass, good
17/35	1,060 × 90 ft	Grass, 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

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, never named. All aircraft registered in New York.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records

No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

Syracuse Hancock International SYR · 12 nm northwest Hamilton Municipal VGC · 17 nm southeast Becks Grove Airport K16 · 17 nm northeast Airlane Enterprises Airport 1H1 · 18 nm northwest Griffiss International RME · 23 nm northeast Skaneateles Aero Drome Airport 6B9 · 27 nm west Frankfort-Highland Airport 6B4 · 30 nm east Carter Flight Park NY67 · 4 nm southwest · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

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.

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.