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Chester Airport

41.38390°N
-72.50590°W
ARR / DAY
6
50.0%
DEP / DAY
14
12.5%

Chester Airport (KSNC) is a small general aviation airport located in Chester, CT, 23 mi east of New Haven. It features 1 runway measuring 2,566 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 6 arrivals and 14 departures per day on average over the last 1 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13h ago
Temp
75°F
Wind
3 kts
230°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSNC 122355Z AUTO 23003KT 10SM CLR 24/20 A2983 RMK AO2

Runways

1 installed

2,566 FT MAX
17/35
2,566 ft × 50
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

35
60% of ops
382 land · 213 TO
17
40% of ops
256 land · 296 TO
Runway 35 carries 60% of operations (382 landings, 213 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 40%.

Approach quality

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

35 382 landings
UA 8%
17 256 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 35 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (29 UA events from 382 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
19.3
flights/day · 579 total
Busy hour (local)
4pm
also 2pm · 3pm
Day vs night
74%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–4pm local, averaging 19.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (18.1 vs 20.7 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 456 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
5/1/2014
KSNC
Good mountain bike trails are around KSNC and the adjacent State Forest!
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