# Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY / KSBY)

**Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport** (IATA: SBY, ICAO: KSBY) is a medium airport in Salisbury, Maryland, United States. It opened in Feb 1944. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,400 ft (1,951 m). In 2025 it handled 132 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SBY / KSBY
- FAA: SBY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Salisbury, Maryland, United States
- Opened: Feb 1944
- Elevation: 53 ft / 16 m
- Coordinates: 38.3405, -75.5103
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,400 ft / 1,951 m
- Instrument procedures: 5 approaches
- Passengers: 131,914 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.flysbyairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury_Regional_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7404846
- Weather station: KSBY · WMO 72398
- Ident: KSBY

## Timeline

- Feb 1944: Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 6,400 ft / 1,951 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | yes |
| 05/23 | 5,000 ft / 1,524 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 037° / 217° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00977AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 121,821 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 116,265 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 113,632 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 128,828 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 139,209 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 68,710 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 118,721 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 95,158 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 103,940 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 120,378 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 131,914 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · United States · 107 mi / 172 km · American Eagle
- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 370 mi / 596 km · American Eagle

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 132K (2025) | #1,719 of 3,974 | #387 in North America | #257 in US |
| Longest runway | 6,400 ft / 1,951 m | =4,176 of 29,858 | =1,081 in North America | =832 in US |
| Elevation | 53 ft / 16 m | =39,081 of 43,403 | =17,729 in North America | =14,665 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | PATUXENT APP/DEP | 127.950 |
| ASOS | ASOS | 118.325 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 123.775 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.425 |
| GND | GND | 123.775 |
| RDO | LEESBURG RDO | 122.200 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.425 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [OCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/koxb.md) Ocean City Municipal Airport · 21 mi / 34 km
- [NHK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knhk.md) Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) · 49 mi / 79 km
- [DOV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdov.md) Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base · 55 mi / 88 km
- [WWD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kwwd.md) Cape May County Airport · 56 mi / 91 km
- [MIV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmiv.md) Millville Municipal Airport · 75 mi / 120 km
- [ADW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kadw.md) Joint Base Andrews · 80 mi / 129 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: “Salisbury Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salisbury_Regional_Airport&oldid=1369317380), revision of 14 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/ksby/data