Chester Airport (ICAO: KSNC, FAA LID: SNC) is a public use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Chester, a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. It is privately owned by Whelen Aviation.[1] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a general aviation facility.[2]

Chester Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KSNC FAA LID: SNC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Whelen Aviation
Location	Chester, Connecticut
Elevation AMSL	416 ft / 127 m
Coordinates	41°23′02″N 072°30′21″W
Map
SNC Location of airport in Connecticut/United States Show map of Connecticut SNC SNC (the United States) Show map of the United States
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 2,566 782 Asphalt
Statistics (2000)
Aircraft operations 20,800 Based aircraft 115
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Chester Airport is assigned SNC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned SNC to General Ulpiano Paez Airport in Salinas, Ecuador).[3][4] The FAA identifier for Chester Airport was 3B9 and was changed to SNC in the early 2000s.

Facilities and aircraft

Chester Airport covers an area of 146 acres (59 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (17/35) measuring 2,566 x 50 ft (782 x 15 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending August 21, 2000, the airport had 20,800 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 80% general aviation and 20% air taxi. There are 115 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single engine, 9% multi-engine, 3% helicopters and 2% ultralights.[1]

References

External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for SNC
  • AirNav airport information for KSNC
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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