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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 81 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 48,996 takeoffs and landings a year. About 43 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Schenectady County?
Its FAA code is SCH, and its ICAO code is KSCH.
Where is Schenectady County?
It is 3 miles north of Schenectady, New York, 378 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Schenectady County?
The longest of its 2 runways, 04/22, is 7,001 feet long.
Does Schenectady County have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Schenectady County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Schenectady County?
Airline flights go to 1 airport, the busiest of them Nashville. Every route
Are there flight schools at Schenectady County?
8 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Sports Flyers Association INC and Adk Xc Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Schenectady County?
6 pilot examiners and 5 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 Schenectady County…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Albany International (8 nm southeast), Saratoga County (12 nm north), South Albany Airport (18 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
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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 departures from SCH in those twelve months, carrying 2 passengers in 15 seats (13% filled), to 1 destination on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schenectady County → Nashville SCH–TN8 | 1 | 2 | CFM Inc d/b/a Contour... |
All 1 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 | 68 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 9 |
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 48,996, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 1,133 |
| general aviation, travelling | 14,777 |
| general aviation, local | 29,266 |
| military | 3,820 |
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 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, 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:
- Sports Flyers Association INC 1 aircraft · Schenectady
- Adk Xc Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Scotia, 2 miles away ADK Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Saratoga Airport in Scotia, New York.
- Saratoga Soaring Association 1 aircraft · Ballston Lake, 6 miles away
- Tailwind Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Guilderland, 10 miles away
- Adirondack Soaring Association INC 6 aircraft · Ballston Spa, 11 miles away Adirondack Soaring Association is a member-owned flying club based at Saratoga County Airport in Saratoga Springs, New York.
- Adk Flying Club INC 4 aircraft · Ballston Spa, 11 miles away ADK Flying Club is a not-for-profit flying club based at Saratoga Airport (5B2) in Ballston Spa, New York.
- Ad Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Altamont, 11 miles away
- Condair Flyers INC 6 aircraft · Latham, 12 miles away Condair Flyers is a not-for-profit flying club based at Albany International Airport in Latham, New York.
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, 5 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 6 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 4 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 5 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner.
- Abdallah Mahmoud Itani private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ballston Spa, NY (9 nm) · (518) 573-8534 · [email protected]
- Matthew Angelo Taggard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals; helicopters · Independent Helicopters, LLC · Ballston Spa, NY (9 nm) · (845) 243-4794 · [email protected]
- Andrew Everett Defeo private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Altamont, NY (10 nm) · (518) 330-0746 · [email protected]
- Brad Joesph Sulik private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes · South Albany Airport · Selkirk, NY (19 nm) · (917) 803-2534 · [email protected]
- Edward J Winchester private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; gliders · Porter Corners, NY (19 nm) · (518) 281-3545 · [email protected]
- Stewart Douglas Stewart private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · columbia county airport / 1B1 · Ghent, NY (33 nm) · (413) 281-6788 · [email protected]
All 12 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).
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 · 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. 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 Schenectady 22 aircraft · 12 piston singles, 7 gliders, 2 business jets
- Jamrock Leasing LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Sports Flyers Association INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Adk Xc Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Saratoga Soaring Association 1 aircraft · flying club
- Nashville (TN8) 1 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 1 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 126 landing places
- New York 6,660 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/SCH.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 28, 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.