- Chester Airport
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For the airport near Chester in Great Britain, see Hawarden Airport.
Chester Airport IATA: none – ICAO: KSNC – FAA LID: SNC Summary Airport type Public Owner Whelen Aviation Location Chester, Connecticut Elevation AMSL 416 ft / 127 m Coordinates 41°23′02″N 072°30′21″W / 41.38389°N 72.50583°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 2,566 782 Asphalt Statistics (2000) Aircraft operations 20,800 Based aircraft 115 Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] Chester Airport (ICAO: KSNC, FAA LID: SNC) is a public use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Chester, a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. It is privately owned by Whelen Aviation.[1]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Chester Airport is assigned SNC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned SNC to General Ulpiano Paez Airport in Salinas, Ecuador).[2][3]
Facilities and aircraft
Chester Airport covers an area of 146 acres (59 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (17/35) measuring 2,566 x 50 ft (782 x 15 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 21, 2000, the airport had 20,800 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 80% general aviation and 20% air taxi. There are 115 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single engine, 9% multi-engine, 3% helicopters and 2% ultralights.[1]
References
External links
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KSNC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KSNC
Categories:- Airports in Connecticut
- Chester, Connecticut
- Buildings and structures in Middlesex County, Connecticut
- Transportation in Middlesex County, Connecticut
- Northeastern United States airport stubs
- Resources for this airport:
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