Adirondack Regional
SLK · KSLK · Saranac Lake, New York · Franklin County · map
Adirondack Regional is a public-use airport owned by the Town of Harrietstown, 4 miles northwest of Saranac Lake, New York, 1,663 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 05/23, is 6,573 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 16 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 6,116 takeoffs and landings a year. About 4,968 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KSLK · observed 6:51 pm EDT (22:51 UTC), 39 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-southwest (240°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 41°F (5°C), dew point 27°F (-3°C)
- Altimeter 30.01 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 7:20 pm EDT (23:20 UTC), good until Wed 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 8:00 pm EDT (00:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, low-level wind shear, a broken layer at 8,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 1:00 pm EDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 11 knots, gusting to 24, visibility more than 6 miles, a broken layer at 12,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSLK 062251Z AUTO 24003KT 10SM CLR 05/M03 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP178 T00501028
TAF KSLK 062320Z 0700/0724 VRB03KT P6SM FEW250 FM071200 21007KT P6SM BKN080 WS020/24040KT FM071700 22011G24KT P6SM BKN120
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 SLK · ICAO KSLK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Town of Harrietstown
- Elevation
- 1,663 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- May to October, every day, 6:00 am to 9:00 pm; November to April, every day, 6:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Montreal sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1942
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 6,573 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 09/27 | 3,997 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 18 ft high 387 ft from the end
- Runway 23: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 6,333 ft available for landing, trees 7 ft high 385 ft from the end
- Runway 09: trees 27 ft high 214 ft from the end
- Runway 27: threshold displaced 400 ft, 3,597 ft available for landing, trees 18 ft high 387 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| ST. Albans Center (remote transmitter) Low | 120.35 | |
| Slk and automated weather (ASOS) | 124.175 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 518-897-7532.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 6,116, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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 Saranac Lake from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Saranac Lake, New York: 11 piston singles. 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 New York.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 5 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
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23, medium-intensity runway lights runway 09/27 and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 05 operates continuously.
- Non-standard markings; thld markings 400 feet from runway end.
- Taxiway B unavailable to aircraft with wingspan 79 feet and above.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -32C.
- All surfaces work in prog; grass cutting apr through oct.
- Runway/taxiway/apron conditions not mnt outside of nml atnd hours.
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.