# Watertown International Airport (ART / KART)

**Watertown International Airport** (IATA: ART, ICAO: KART) is a medium airport in Watertown, New York, United States. It opened in Mar 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,001 ft (2,134 m). In 2025 it handled 51 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kart

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: ART / KART
- FAA: ART
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Watertown, New York, United States
- Opened: Mar 1940
- Elevation: 331 ft / 101 m
- Coordinates: 43.9919, -76.0217
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,001 ft / 2,134 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 50,830 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://watertownairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watertown_International_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6586946
- Weather station: KART
- Ident: KART

## Timeline

- Mar 1940: Watertown International Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 7,001 ft / 2,134 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 093° / 273° | yes |
| 07/25 | 4,999 ft / 1,524 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 053° / 233° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00666AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 37,489 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 34,723 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 45,193 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 46,933 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 45,149 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 23,352 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 41,085 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 40,768 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 44,261 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 46,887 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 50,830 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · United States · 288 mi / 463 km · American Eagle

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from ART, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 51K (2025) | #2,079 of 3,974 | #480 in North America | #325 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,001 ft / 2,134 m | =3,476 of 29,858 | =821 in North America | =621 in US |
| Elevation | 331 ft / 101 m | =30,571 of 43,403 | =14,186 in North America | =11,943 in US |
| Age | Opened 1940 | =1,114 of 15,079 | =366 in North America | =338 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | WHEELER SACK APP/DEP | 128.250 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 133.525 |
| RDO | BURLINGTON RDO | 122.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [KGTB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgtb.md) Wheeler Sack Army Air Field · 16 mi / 25 km
- [YGK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cygk.md) Kingston Norman Rogers Airport · 33 mi / 53 km
- [OGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kogs.md) Ogdensburg International Airport · 55 mi / 89 km
- [RME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krme.md) Griffiss International Airport · 61 mi / 98 km
- [SYR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksyr.md) Syracuse Hancock International Airport · 61 mi / 98 km
- [YSH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cysh.md) Smiths Falls-Montague (Russ Beach) Airport · 66 mi / 106 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Watertown International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Watertown_International_Airport&oldid=1370487358), revision of 21 Aug 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kart/data