Waterbury-Oxford Airport
OXC · KOXC · Oxford, Connecticut · New Haven County · map
Waterbury-Oxford Airport is a public-use airport owned by Connecticut Airport Authority, 3 miles north of Oxford, Connecticut, 730 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 5,801 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KOXC · observed 3:56 pm EDT (19:56 UTC), 40 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northwest (310°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 58°F (14°C), dew point 32°F (0°C)
- Altimeter 30.05 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KOXC 061956Z 31008KT 270V360 10SM CLR 14/00 A3005 RMK AO2 SLP190 T01440000 $
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA OXC · ICAO KOXC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Connecticut Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 730 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1969
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 5,801 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 36: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 500 ft, 5,301 ft available for landing, power line 50 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.475 | Oxford |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Oxc and aWOS-3PT | 132.975 | Oxford |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.65 | Oxford |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Clearance delivery When oxc tower closed | 135.1 | Oxford |
| Approach and departure · Denna and star | 124.075 | Oxford |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 203-262-1190.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Oxford from the FAA register
67 aircraft are registered to owners in Oxford, Connecticut: 29 turboprops, 22 piston singles, 9 business jets, 6 piston twins, 1 balloon. 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 Connecticut.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 28 since 1982, 6 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
- Tgls and plas prohibited 11:00 pm to 7:00 am.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 36; PAPI runways 18 and 36; high-intensity runway lights runway 18/36 - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for bus/corporate and revenue producing aircraft.
- 973 feet above ground level aircraft up to 12500 pounds; 1473 feet above ground level aircraft ovr 12500 pounds.
- Engineered material arresting system (emas) with 58 feet setback 162 feet in length by 122 feet in width located at the der 18.
- Lights baffled beyond 6 degreess L of centerline.
- Lights baffled due to trees and pwr LN tower beyond 5 degreess R of centerline.
- Pwr LN runs dgnly air carriers the approach.
- Pla runway 36 NA when runway 18 actv.
- Airport closed to air carrier operations.
- Paew vicinity runway 18/36 safety zone summer only sunrise to sunset (mowing in prog daily).
- Runway 36 calm wind runway.
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.