ALB

Albany International Airport

ICAO KALB42.7483°N 73.8017°W285 ft / 87 mLarge airport
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Albany International Airport
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Albany International Airport (IATA: ALB, ICAO: KALB) is a large airport in Albany, New York, United States. It opened in 1908. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,500 ft (2,591 m). In 2025 it handled 3.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1908–1908
1908
OpenedAlbany International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Terminal BTerminal ATerminal CAlbany International Airport Main Concourse
01/19358° / 178° · LIT
LENGTH8,500 ft2,591 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
10/28088° / 268° · LIT
LENGTH7,200 ft2,195 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
2.5M
2.6M
2.8M
2.8M
2.9M
3.0M
1.1M
1.9M
2.6M
2.8M
3.0M
3.2M
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Routes

34 destinations · 1 country
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 mi2,000 miLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 136 mi / 219 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 213 mi / 342 kmBWI · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport · 288 mi / 464 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 318 mi / 512 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 325 mi / 523 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 488 mi / 785 kmRDU · Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 544 mi / 876 kmUSA · Concord-Padgett Regional Airport · 629 mi / 1,012 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 646 mi / 1,040 kmMYR · Myrtle Beach International Airport · 685 mi / 1,103 kmMDW · Chicago Midway International Airport · 716 mi / 1,152 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 721 mi / 1,161 kmCHS · Charleston International Airport · 761 mi / 1,224 kmBNA · Nashville International Airport · 824 mi / 1,326 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 853 mi / 1,372 kmSFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport · 1,051 mi / 1,691 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 1,074 mi / 1,729 kmSRQ · Sarasota Bradenton International Airport · 1,169 mi / 1,881 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 1,207 mi / 1,942 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 1,432 mi / 2,305 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 1,606 mi / 2,584 kmTPA · Tampa International Airport · 1,132 mi / 1,821 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 1,140 mi / 1,834 kmPGD · Punta Gorda Airport · 1,187 mi / 1,910 kmRSW · Southwest Florida International Airport · 1,207 mi / 1,942 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 1,227 mi / 1,975 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 2,231 mi / 3,591 kmSYR · Syracuse Hancock International Airport · 119 mi / 192 kmAVP · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport · 139 mi / 223 kmPVD · Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport · 140 mi / 226 kmBUF · Buffalo Niagara International Airport · 250 mi / 402 kmCVG · Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · 622 mi / 1,001 kmSDF · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · 702 mi / 1,129 kmRFD · Chicago Rockford International Airport · 779 mi / 1,254 kmLASDENDFWMIASRQATLBNARFDCHSSDFCLTDTWIADBUFPVDAVPRSWMCORDUPHLLGASYRPGDPIEORDMYRCVGFLLSFBMDWBWIALB
Year-round21
LGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection219 km136 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle342 km213 miBWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines464 km288 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines512 km318 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express523 km325 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection785 km488 miRDURaleigh-Durham International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways876 km544 miUSAConcord-Padgett Regional AirportUnited States · Avelo Airlines1,012 km629 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,040 km646 miMYRMyrtle Beach International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,103 km685 miMDWChicago Midway International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,152 km716 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle, United Airlines1,161 km721 miCHSCharleston International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,224 km761 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,326 km824 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,372 km853 miSFBOrlando Sanford International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,691 km1,051 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines1,729 km1,074 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,881 km1,169 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air, JetBlue Airways1,942 km1,207 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,305 km1,432 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,584 km1,606 mi
Seasonal11
DTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines785 km488 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,326 km824 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,821 km1,132 miPIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,834 km1,140 miSRQSarasota Bradenton International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,881 km1,169 miPGDPunta Gorda AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air1,910 km1,187 miFLLFort Lauderdale Hollywood International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,942 km1,207 miRSWSouthwest Florida International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways1,942 km1,207 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,975 km1,227 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,584 km1,606 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines3,591 km2,231 mi
Most destinationsSouthwest Airlines 9Allegiant Air 7UPS Airlines 6American Eagle 4American Airlines 3Breeze Airways 3

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from ALB. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Albany International Airport” (revision of 24 Aug 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers3.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#448of 3,974 · #108 North America · #85 USLongest runway8,500 ft2,591 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,148of 29,823 · =468 North America · =346 USElevation285 ft87 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=31,708of 43,341 · =14,596 North America · =12,293 USAgeOpened 19082026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=8of 15,079 · #4 North America · #4 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

9 channels
A/DAPP/DEP132.825
ATISATIS120.450
CLDCLNC DEL127.500
GNDGND121.700
OPSARNG OPS41.000
RDOBURLINGTON RDO122.200
TWRTWR119.500
UNICUNICOM122.950
A/DAPP/DEP118.050