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White Birch Airport

NK68 · Hancock, New York · Delaware County · map

White Birch Airport is a private airport owned by Deposit Flying Club INC, 6 miles north of Hancock, New York, 1,860 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 1,910 feet of grass.

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

The airport

Codes: FAA NK68
Kind: Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
Owner: Deposit Flying Club INC
Elevation: 1,860 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: May to October, weekends, daylight hours
Lights: runway lights sunset to sunrise
Repairs: airframe: none; engine: none
Parking: tiedown
On the chart: New York sectional
Magnetic variation: 12W
In the FAA's files since: January 1971

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

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

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
17/35	1,910 × 70 ft	Grass, fair	Non-standard lights

Runway 17: trees 22 ft high 70 ft from the end
Runway 35: brush 14 ft high 203 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

UNICOM

122.8

Aircraft registered in Hancock from the FAA register

2 aircraft are registered to owners in Hancock, New York: 2 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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

2014-10-25ERA15LA029 · Piper Pa 22-150 N8064Y · accident · minor injuries

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

Sidney Municipal N23 · 16 nm north Greene Airport 4N7 · 26 nm northwest Hiawatha Airport 4PA6 · 8 nm south · private Delaware Valley Hospital Heliport 16NK · 11 nm northeast · private Coxton Lake Heliport 3PS7 · 13 nm southwest · private Olmstead Landing Strip 73NY · 13 nm north · private Boden Airport 2PA4 · 14 nm southwest · private Susquehanna High School Heliport 7PS3 · 14 nm southwest · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

VFR use only.
Airport in town of TOMPKINS-1/2 MI south of hnk vortac, 7 MI from village of Hancock and 40MI from binghamton,NY.
Runway 17/35 non-standard low-intensity runway lights; lights on cones
+100 feet ridge at 2500 feet; +200 feet ridge at 3300 feet.
Grass soft in spring or after rain.

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.