Richfield Airport
NY68 · Richfield Springs, New York · Herkimer County · map
Richfield Airport is a private airport, 2 miles east of Richfield Springs, New York, 1,450 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA NY68
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,450 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1989
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,000 × 75 ft | Grass |
- Runway 10: threshold displaced 100 ft
Aircraft registered in Richfield Springs from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Richfield Springs, New York: 3 piston singles, 2 gliders. 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR daylight operations only; runway displaced 100'; trees at runway 28 threshold removed/lowered.
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.