North Central State Airport
SFZ · KSFZ · Pawtucket, Rhode Island · Providence County · map
North Central State Airport is a public-use airport owned by the State of Rhode Island, 3 miles east of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 440 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KSFZ · observed 1:56 pm EDT (17:56 UTC), 16044 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 15 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 63°F (17°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSFZ 251756Z AUTO 04015KT 10SM CLR 17/09 A3011 RMK AO2 PK WND 04026/1715 SLP195 T01720089 10172 20106 58019 $
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 SFZ · ICAO KSFZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- State of Rhode Island
- Elevation
- 440 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Sunday to Saturday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1951
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 3,211 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: localizer with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), trees 53 ft high 2,200 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 20 ft high 900 ft from the end
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 39 ft high 850 ft from the end
- Runway 33: trees 24 ft high 535 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Clearance delivery | 124.35 | |
| Approach and departure · Wipor and star | 123.675 | |
| Sfz and aWOS-3PT | 120.775 | |
| Woodstock and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.85 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 401-334-0324.
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 Pawtucket from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Pawtucket, Rhode Island: 3 piston singles, 1 balloon. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Rhode Island.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 16 since 1982, 4 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate mals runway 05; runway end identifier lights runway 23, 15 and 33; PAPI runway 05, 15 and 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for commercial aircraft and NON-RHODE Island registered aircraft.
- +10 feet trees 150 feet from threshold, 180 feet L; +10 feet trees 120 feet from threshold, 180 feet R.
- +15 feet trees 170 feet from threshold, 90 feet R; +10 feet trees 120 feet from threshold, 150 feet L.
- Lighted 250 feet above sea level tower 3-2/5 MI southeast.
- Overnight parking fee.
- +50 feet dropoff 250 feet from runway 05 end, +40 feet dropoff 250 feet from runway 23 end.
- Seasonal skydiving northeast side of airfield.
- AP wildlife haz deer act increased HN.
- Nmrs unlighted obstructions up to 150 feet above ground level srndg airfield.
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.