Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International
ROC · KROC · Rochester, New York · Monroe County · map
Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International is a public-use airport owned by the County of Monroe, 3 miles southwest of Rochester, New York, 559 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 8,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, JP-8).
Weather right now KROC · observed 3:54 pm EDT (19:54 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southwest (220°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 5,000 feet, a few clouds at 18,000 feet, a few clouds at 23,000 feet
- Temperature 57°F (14°C), dew point 30°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 30.13 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:30 pm EDT (17:30 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 20,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 11 knots, gusting to 18, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 1:00 pm EDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 14 knots, gusting to 24, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 13,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KROC 061954Z 22004KT 10SM FEW050 FEW180 FEW230 14/M01 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP208 T01391011 $
TAF KROC 061730Z 0618/0718 30007KT P6SM FEW250 FM062300 VRB04KT P6SM FEW250 FM070600 20006KT P6SM SCT200 FM071200 20011G18KT P6SM SCT250 FM071700 23014G24KT P6SM BKN130
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 ROC · ICAO KROC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- County of Monroe
- Elevation
- 559 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 841 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, JP-8
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · customs available · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1940
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 8,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 6,402 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 07/25 | 4,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 89 ft high 3,080 ft from the end
- Runway 22: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, tree 54 ft high 2,080 ft from the end
- Runway 10: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 298 ft, 5,502 ft available for landing, trees 62 ft high 1,330 ft from the end
- Runway 28: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 600 ft, 5,802 ft available for landing, trees 68 ft high 1,213 ft from the end
- Runway 07: right-hand traffic pattern, pole 58 ft high 1,740 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the right, tree 82 ft high 2,720 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Roc and automated weather (ASOS) | 124.825 | Rochester |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 118.8 | Rochester |
| Clearance delivery | 121.8 | |
| Ground | 121.7 | Rochester |
| Tower | 118.3 | Rochester |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Approach arriving from headings 330 to 160; W-NW | 119.55 | Rochester |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace arriving from headings 161 to 329 | 123.7 | Rochester |
| Departure (secondary) | 127.325 | Rochester |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Rochester |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 585-205-7835.
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Aircraft registered in Rochester from the FAA register
176 aircraft are registered to owners in Rochester, New York: 66 piston singles, 43 piston twins, 26 drones, 21 business jets, 12 balloons. 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 · 18 since 1982, 2 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
- Airport existed prior to 1959
- Flight notification service (adcus ) available.
- No practice approaches or maintenance eng RUN-UPS between 11:00 pm to 6:00 am.
- Pattern altitude: 841 feet above ground level singl eng, 1441 feet above ground level mult eng/turboprop/jet.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 368 feet in length by 160 feet in width located at the der 28.
- For dod aircraft.
- Runway 07/25 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Runway 07 runway end identifier lights controlled by the control tower but not monitored.
- Runway 10 runway end identifier lights controlled by the control tower but not monitored.
- Runway 25 runway end identifier lights controlled by the control tower but not monitored.
- Runway 10 approach ratio 26:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 28 approach ratio 26:1 to displaced thld.
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.