# Massena International Airport Richards Field (MSS / KMSS)

**Massena International Airport Richards Field** (IATA: MSS, ICAO: KMSS) is a medium airport in Massena, New York, United States. It opened in Apr 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,601 ft (1,707 m). In 2025 it handled 11 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: MSS / KMSS
- FAA: MSS
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Massena, New York, United States
- Opened: Apr 1940
- Elevation: 222 ft / 68 m
- Coordinates: 44.9362, -74.8443
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,601 ft / 1,707 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 10,744 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.massenaworks.com/town/airport.asp
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massena_International_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649905
- Weather station: KMSS
- Ident: KMSS

## Timeline

- Apr 1940: Massena International Airport Richards Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 5,601 ft / 1,707 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 031° / 211° | yes |
| 09/27 | 4,000 ft / 1,219 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 076° / 256° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 8,868 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 10,345 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 9,482 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 8,789 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 10,099 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 3,953 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 7,304 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 9,503 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 10,751 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 10,662 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 10,744 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [BOS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbos.md) Boston Logan International Airport · United States · 262 mi / 421 km · Boutique Air

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- 4B [Boutique Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/boutique-air) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 11K (2025) | #2,658 of 3,974 | #647 in North America | #451 in US |
| Longest runway | 5,601 ft / 1,707 m | #5,203 of 29,858 | #1,560 in North America | #1,232 in US |
| Elevation | 222 ft / 68 m | =33,367 of 43,403 | =15,251 in North America | =12,836 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 | BOSTON APP/DEP | 135.250 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 128.075 |
| RDO | BURLINGTON RDO | 122.200 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [YCC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cycc.md) Cornwall Regional Airport · 17 mi / 28 km
- [OGS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kogs.md) Ogdensburg International Airport · 35 mi / 57 km
- [YOW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyow.md) Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport · 48 mi / 78 km
- [SLK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kslk.md) Adirondack Regional Airport · 49 mi / 79 km
- [YRO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cyro.md) Ottawa / Rockcliffe Airport · 53 mi / 86 km
- [YND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/cynd.md) Ottawa / Gatineau Airport · 53 mi / 86 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: “Massena International Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Massena_International_Airport&oldid=1362928154), revision of 7 Jul 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/kmss/data