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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, 23 mi east of New Haven. It features 1 runway measuring 2,722 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 1 days · 0 total

NORMAL

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17m ago

Temp

55°F

Wind

0 kts

0°

Visib

10+ km

Ceil

—

METAR KSNC 150055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 13/11 A3019 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

2,722 FT MAX

17/35

2,722 ft × 50

ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

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

67% of ops

263 land · 110 TO

33% of ops

132 land · 243 TO

Runway 35 carries 67% of operations (263 landings, 110 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

35 263 landings

UA 6%

17 132 landings

UA 5%

Approaches to 35 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (15 UA events from 263 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

18.1

flights/day · 544 total

Busy hour (local)

3pm

also 6pm · 5pm

Day vs night

75%

06:00–20:00 local

Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 18.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (23.2 vs 17.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (34% of 435 flights). Top three types: , , .

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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