Griffiss International
RME · KRME · Rome, New York · Oneida County · map
Griffiss International is a public-use airport owned by the County of Oneida, 1 mile northeast of Rome, New York, 504 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 11,820 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 65 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 38,493 takeoffs and landings a year. About 142 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Griffiss International?
Its FAA code is RME, and its ICAO code is KRME.
Where is Griffiss International?
It is 1 mile northeast of Rome, New York, 504 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Griffiss International?
Its one runway, 15/33, is 11,820 feet long, asphalt.
Does Griffiss International have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Griffiss International?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Griffiss International?
Airline flights go to 6 airports, the busiest of them Westchester County, Teterboro, Laurence G Hanscom Field, Nantucket Memorial, John Glenn Columbus International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Griffiss International?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Iroquois Soaring Association and Adirondack Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Griffiss International?
3 pilot examiners and 7 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Griffiss International…
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA RME · ICAO KRME
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Oneida
- Elevation
- 504 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 11:00 pm local
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 11,820 × 200 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 33: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.1 | Griffiss |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.7 | Griffiss |
| Ground | 121.9 | Griffiss |
| Approach and departure | 127.425 | Griffiss |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Griffiss |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 315-325-0039.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- air freight, charter flights, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hamilton Municipal (24 nm south), Syracuse Hancock International (31 nm west), LT Warren Eaton Airport (40 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in New York · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Provided VFR only; clear 20:1 approach/departure path.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 33; high-intensity runway lights runway 15/33; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Dsgnd calm wind runway.
- Military assault landing and pir markings.
- Military assault landing and pir markings.
- Migratory bird alert: AUG-NOV and APR-MAY.
- Ptns of apn not vsb from the control tower.
- Rescue and firefighting (ARFF) not provided from 11:00 pm to 7:00 am WO prior permission required.
- Ctn: rapid hot rflng on apn 3.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 11 departures from RME in those twelve months, carrying 64 passengers in 130 seats (49% filled), to 6 destinations on 3 airlines.
All 6 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 42 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 7 |
| helicopters | 11 |
| other | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 38,493, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 41 |
| air taxi and commuter | 1,827 |
| general aviation, travelling | 11,998 |
| general aviation, local | 20,585 |
| military | 4,042 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Rome from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Rome, New York: 7 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 4 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.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in New York.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Iroquois Soaring Association 3 aircraft · Rome
- Adirondack Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · Rome Adirondack Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Saratoga Airport (5B2) in upstate New York.
- Upstate Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Marcy, 10 miles away Upstate Flying Club is a flying club organized in 1969 that owns and operates two aircraft at Oneida County/Griffiss Airpark in Rome, New York.
Repair stations in Rome:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 3 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 3 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes. Also nearby: 7 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 training center examiner.
- William Charles Ziesenitz private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Million Air · Rome, NY (0 nm) · (315) 853-6485 · [email protected]
- Robert Belisario private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Freeman Jet Center · Syracuse, NY (31 nm) · (315) 430-6454 · [email protected]
- William Payne private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes, seaplanes · Payne’s Air Service · Inlet, NY (42 nm) · (315) 723-5508 · [email protected]
All 14 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
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. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Rome 17 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 6 helicopters, 4 gliders
- Iroquois Soaring Association 3 aircraft in town
- Right Brother Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Air Gov 1 LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Adirondack Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Iroquois Soaring Association 3 aircraft · flying club
- Adirondack Flying Club LLC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Upstate Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · flying club
- Goodrich Corporation · repair station
- Westchester County (HPN) 3 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Teterboro (TEB) 3 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation, LIMA NY Corp d/b/a Fly The Whale
- Laurence G Hanscom Field (BED) 2 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Nantucket Memorial (ACK) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- John Glenn Columbus International (CMH) 1 flights in twelve months · Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp
- Waterbury-Oxford (OXC) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in New York 1,965 since 1982 · 251 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in New York 127 landing places
- New York 6,661 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/RME.json.
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 27, 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.