Nellis Field
NY20 · Fort Plain, New York · Montgomery County · map
Nellis Field is a private airport, 3 miles northwest of Fort Plain, New York, 700 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 13/32, is 2,750 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NY20
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 700 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Parking
- hangar
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/32 | 2,750 × 20 ft | Asphalt |
- Runway 13: power line 34 ft high 1,360 ft from the end
- Runway 32: threshold displaced 475 ft, power line 31 ft high 300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in Fort Plain from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Fort Plain, New York: 3 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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, spelled out
- Record purposes only.
- <runway plowed winters.
- <10 degrees dogleg approximately 1200' from 13 end.
- 2' road 35' from threshold.
- 4' road 25' from threshold.
- Glider operations 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.