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Chester Airport

41.38390°N
-72.50590°W
ARR / DAY
13
16.7%
DEP / DAY
17
24.5%

Chester Airport (KSNC) is a small general aviation airport located in Chester, CT, 23 mi east of New Haven. It features 1 runway measuring 2,722 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 13 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

15h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSNC 122355Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR 24/16 A3020 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

2,722 FT MAX
17/35
2,722 ft × 50
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35
59% of ops
569 land · 279 TO
17
41% of ops
393 land · 398 TO
Runway 35 carries 59% of operations (569 landings, 279 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 41%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35 569 landings
UA 5%
17 393 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 35 show a 5% unstable-approach rate (29 UA events from 569 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
20.5
flights/day · 615 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 20.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (28.6 vs 18.4 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (32% of 471 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.725
APCH 124.075
APCH 343.650
UNICOM 122.725
AWOS 118.325
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZNY
Elevation:
416 ft
Mag var:
13° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
Anonymous
05/01/2014
KSNC
Good mountain bike trails are around KSNC and the adjacent State Forest!
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