Chester Airport
SNC · KSNC · Chester, Connecticut · Middlesex County · map
Chester Airport is a public-use airport owned by Whelen Aviation, 3 miles southwest of Chester, Connecticut, 416 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,722 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Weather right now KSNC · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 9 miles
- Temperature 57°F (14°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.04 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 KSNC 062155Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 14/01 A3004 RMK AO2
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 SNC · ICAO KSNC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Whelen Aviation
- Elevation
- 416 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- April to October, every day, 9:00 am to 8:00 pm; November to March, every day, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 13W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1959
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,722 × 50 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: threshold displaced 559 ft, tree 50 ft high 207 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.075 | |
| Snc and aWOS-3 | 118.325 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 860-526-1551.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Chester from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Chester, Connecticut: 11 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. 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 Connecticut.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 2 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.
- Rotating beacon operators 24/7.
- No ropes provided.
- Self service fuel available with credit card.
- NON-STD medium-intensity runway lights fixtures/cones.
- +5 feet tree 56 feet dstc, 60 feet L.
- +3 feet brush, 0 feet from threshold, 103 feet R.
- Displaced threshold 5 feet hyr than aer.
- Displaced threshold marked but not lighted.
- Obstruction clnc slope 14:1 to dthr.
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.