# Schenectady County Airport (SCH / KSCH)

**Schenectady County Airport** (IATA: SCH, ICAO: KSCH) is a medium airport in Schenectady, New York, United States. It opened in Jan 1940. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,001 ft (2,134 m).

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SCH / KSCH
- FAA: SCH
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Schenectady, New York, United States
- Opened: Jan 1940
- Elevation: 378 ft / 115 m
- Coordinates: 42.8525, -73.9289
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,001 ft / 2,134 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.schenectadycounty.com/FullStory.aspx?m=100&amid=432
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schenectady_County_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7431153
- Weather station: KSCH
- Ident: KSCH

## Timeline

- Jan 1940: Schenectady County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 7,001 ft / 2,134 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 026° / 206° | yes |
| 10/28 | 4,850 ft / 1,478 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 088° / 268° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00382AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 7,001 ft / 2,134 m | =3,476 of 29,858 | =821 in North America | =621 in US |
| Elevation | 378 ft / 115 m | =29,529 of 43,403 | =13,839 in North America | =11,645 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 | ALBANY APP/DEP | 118.050 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.275 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 121.300 |
| OPS | ANG OPS COMD POST | 140.450 |
| TWR | TWR | 121.300 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [ALB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kalb.md) Albany International Airport · 9.7 mi / 16 km
- [GFL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgfl.md) Floyd Bennett Memorial Airport · 37 mi / 60 km
- [RUT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krut.md) Rutland - Southern Vermont Regional Airport · 68 mi / 109 km
- [BAF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbaf.md) Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport · 78 mi / 126 km
- [RME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krme.md) Griffiss International Airport · 79 mi / 127 km
- [EEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/keen.md) Dillant Hopkins Airport · 84 mi / 135 km

## Sources

- [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)
- [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/ksch/data