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KSNC ·

Chester Airport

41.38390°N

-72.50590°W

ARR / DAY

▼ 100.0%

DEP / DAY

▼ 100.0%

Chester Airport (KSNC) is a small general aviation airport located in Chester, CT. It features 1 runway measuring 2,722 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

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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

68% of ops

318 land · 165 TO

32% of ops

152 land · 256 TO

Runway 35 carries 68% of operations (318 landings, 165 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 32%.

Approach quality

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

35 318 landings

UA 5%

17 152 landings

UA 4%

Approaches to 35 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 318 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

19.4

flights/day · 581 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 6pm · 4pm

Day vs night

76%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 19.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (22.5 vs 19.1 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (32% of 460 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

Anonymous

05/01/2014

KSNC

Good mountain bike trails are around KSNC and the adjacent State Forest!

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