Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional
SBY · KSBY · Salisbury, Maryland · Wicomico County · map
Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional is a public-use airport owned by Wicomico County, 4 miles southeast of Salisbury, Maryland, 52 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 14/32, is 6,400 feet of asphalt and concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 117 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 70,645 takeoffs and landings a year. About 56,406 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional?
Its FAA code is SBY, and its ICAO code is KSBY.
Where is Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional?
It is 4 miles southeast of Salisbury, Maryland, 52 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional?
The longest of its 2 runways, 14/32, is 6,400 feet long.
Does Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Charlotte/Douglas International, Philadelphia International, Orlando International, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International, Piedmont Triad International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional?
6 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 Salisbury-Ocean City Wicomico Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SBY · ICAO KSBY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Wicomico County
- Elevation
- 52 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 10:30 pm
- Attended
- every day, 4:30 am to 12:30 am
- 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
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1944
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 6,400 × 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 05/23 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 32: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 95 ft high 2,920 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 95 ft high 2,800 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.425 | Salisbury |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Clearance delivery · Ground 6:00 am to 10:30 pm | 123.775 | Salisbury |
| Clearance delivery When sby tower closed | 132.45 | Salisbury |
| Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) When nhk approach closed | 127.2 | Salisbury |
| Approach and departure | 127.95 | Salisbury |
| Sby and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.325 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 410-341-0868.
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
- charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Ocean City Municipal (18 nm east), Delaware Coastal Airport (22 nm north), Cambridge-Dorchester Regional (27 nm northwest).
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 Maryland · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Prior to 1959.
- Military training act, deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 32; runway end identifier lights runway 05, 14 and 23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; high-intensity runway lights runway 14/32; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 5, 14, 23 and 32 operates continuously.
- Runway 32 nsdt reflective landing zone mkr panels adjacent to runway.
- Taxiway G south 950FT closed to aircraft wingspan more than 49 feet.
- Runway 5 nonstd reflective landing zone mkr panels adjacent to the runway.
- Runway 23 nonstd reflective landing zone mkr panels adjacent to the runway.
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 1,877 departures from SBY in those twelve months, carrying 72,121 passengers in 103,538 seats (70% filled), to 18 destinations (2 abroad) on 6 airlines.
All 18 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 | 55 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 54 |
| helicopters | 3 |
| 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 70,645, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 8 |
| air taxi and commuter | 6,633 |
| general aviation, travelling | 22,730 |
| general aviation, local | 33,340 |
| military | 7,934 |
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 Salisbury from the FAA register
26 aircraft are registered to owners in Salisbury, Maryland: 19 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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 Maryland.
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:
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore 8 aircraft · Princess Anne, 14 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Salisbury:
- Bay Land Aviation, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Salisbury:
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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 5 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 7 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 3 engineering representatives, 2 training center examiners.
- Christopher Hartman private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · University of Maryland Eastern Shore · Salisbury, MD (0 nm) · (443) 235-8477 · [email protected]
- Edward Joseph Brink private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · Salisbury, MD (0 nm) · (410) 430-8483 · [email protected]
- Galen Neal Anderson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Azure Flight Support / Hanger 8 · Salisbury, MD (0 nm) · (410) 430-1974 · [email protected]
- Curt Tucker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, helicopters · Easton, MD (38 nm) · (202) 369-1886 · [email protected]
- Edward Ambler private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Easton, MD (38 nm) · (410) 310-3155 · [email protected]
- Anthony James Capozzi private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Solomons, MD (45 nm) · (443) 624-3001 · [email protected]
All 24 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- 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 · 13 since 1982, 3 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 Salisbury 26 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 business jets
- Second Life Properties LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Perdue Farms INC 2 aircraft in town
- Bay Land Aviation, Inc. 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- University of Maryland Eastern Shore 8 aircraft · university or college with a flight programme
- Arlington Leasing, LLC · repair station
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 1,266 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines
- Philadelphia International (PHL) 482 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines
- Orlando International (MCO) 104 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International (FLL) 9 flights in twelve months · Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze
- Piedmont Triad International (GSO) 3 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines
- Albany International (ALB) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Farnborough (FAB) 1 flights in twelve months · Concierge U Ltd. d/b/a Jet Concierge Club
- Republic (FRG) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Maryland 836 since 1982 · 110 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Maryland 34 landing places
- Maryland 2,344 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SBY.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 23, 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.