Schenectady County
SCH · KSCH · Schenectady, New York · Schenectady County · map
Schenectady County is a public-use airport owned by Schenectady County, 3 miles north of Schenectady, New York, 378 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 7,001 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SCH · ICAO KSCH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Schenectady County
- Elevation
- 378 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:30 am to 10:30 pm mon-fri; 7:30 am to 9:00 pm wknds and holidays; closed thanksgiving and christmas; otr times by notam.
- Attended
- every day, 7:30 am to 10:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1940
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 7,001 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
| 10/28 | 4,850 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 48 ft high 1,086 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left, gnd 22 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 200 ft, pole 32 ft high 520 ft from the end
- Runway 28: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 19 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 121.3 | Schenectady |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Ground | 121.9 | Schenectady |
| Approach and departure | 132.825 | Schenectady |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Schenectady |
| Sch and aWOS-3 | 119.275 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 518-399-6586.
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 Schenectady from the FAA register
22 aircraft are registered to owners in Schenectady, New York: 12 piston singles, 7 gliders, 2 business jets, 1 piston twin. 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 · 4 since 1982, 1 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
- Landing fee for intinrnt MULTI-ENGINE aircraft requesting tower service 0330Z-1230Z.
- When the control tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 04; PAPI runway 04, 10, 22 and 28; high-intensity runway lights runway 04/22; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Use 122.95 for service from the FBO (fixed-base operator)
- Runway 22 +22FT rising terrain, 500 feet RT, 0 - 200 feet from runway.
- Runway 28 +10 feet road, 150 feet - 200 feet from runway, 220 feet RT.
- Runway 10 clnc slope 14:1 to dthr due to 87 feet tree, 1223 feet from dthr, 190 feet RT.
- No updated field or braking action reports available between 0330Z-1230Z.
- 60 feet dropoff 150 feet from runway 28 end.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Military C130 pattern operations conducted daily.
- Military: ang: prior permission required 72 hour PN rqr amops dur duty hour dsn 344-2621, C518-344-2621; OT comd post dsn 344-2420, C518-344-2420.
- Military: caution: bash phase II period (15 MAR-15 may) and (1 JUL-15 nov). Bird watch condition (bwc) svr: tkoff, landing and local training proh unless msn estnl; bwc mdt: mult approach proh, departure and FULL-STOP allowed if rte avoids bird act; contact ang afld operations (CALL-SIGN "skier operations") for current bwc.
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.