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Chester Airport

41.38390°N
-72.50590°W
ARR / DAY
11
54.9%
DEP / DAY
15
61.9%

Chester Airport (KSNC) is a small general aviation airport located in Chester, CT, 23 mi east of New Haven. It features 1 runway measuring 2,722 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 11 arrivals and 15 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17h ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSNC 010515Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM OVC035 20/19 A3007 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

2,722 FT MAX
17/35
2,722 ft × 50
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35
69% of ops
201 land · 100 TO
17
31% of ops
92 land · 179 TO
Runway 35 carries 69% of operations (201 landings, 100 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 31%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35 201 landings
UA 4%
17 92 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 35 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (9 UA events from 201 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
18.5
flights/day · 556 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 6pm · 2pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 18.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (19.4 vs 19.1 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (33% of 429 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725
APCH 124.075
APCH 343.650
UNICOM 122.725
AWOS 118.325
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZNY
Elevation:
416 ft
Mag var:
13° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
05/01/2014
KSNC
Good mountain bike trails are around KSNC and the adjacent State Forest!
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