KSCH — Schenectady County
Schenectady, NY · field elevation 378 ft · Class D airspace · ATCT
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KSCH current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KSCH 111145Z 29008KT 10SM CLR 22/21 A2989 RMK FIRST
- Wind
- from 290° at 8 kt
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- clear below 12,000 ft
- Temperature
- 22 °C / dewpoint 21 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.89 inHg
- Density altitude
- 1,335 ft · pressure altitude 408 ft
- Observed
- 31 minutes ago
Wind on each runway
Wind 290° at 8 kt. Positive is a headwind; the crosswind side is the one you hold into.
| Runway | Head / tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|
| 28 | 7 kt head | 3 kt from the right |
| 22 | 1 kt head | 8 kt from the right |
| 04 | 1 kt tail | 8 kt from the left |
| 10 | 7 kt tail | 3 kt from the left |
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Pilot reports
4 within 50 nm in the last six hours, 2,000–34,000 ft.
Read them where they were filed — in the EFB →
Forecast
No TAF is issued for KSCH — forecasters write them for about 700 US terminals, and this is not one.
MOS model forecasts for KSCH — in the EFB →
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 42.85272, -73.92956
- Elevation
- 378 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class D
Two-way radio communication must be established before you enter, while the tower is open.
The same callsign rule as Class C. When the tower closes the airspace usually reverts to Class E, or to Class G where no surface area is charted — the Chart Supplement entry says which, and the hours are on the sectional. A surface area normally extends to 2,500 ft above the field, with the ceiling charted in a dashed blue box as a number in hundreds of feet.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 0958Z / 0003Z
- Tower hours
- 0730-2230 MON-FRI; 0730-2100 WKNDS AND HOLS; CLSD THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS; OTR TIMES BY NOTAM.
- Magnetic variation
- -14° (2000)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A
- Sectional
- New York
- County
- Schenectady, NY
Airport diagram
Everything else KSCH publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 7,001 | 150 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 10/28 | 4,850 | 150 | ASPH | MED |
Frequencies
- Tower 0730-2230 MON-FRI; 0730-2100 WKNDS AND HOLS; CLSD THANKSGIVING & CHRISTMAS; OTR TIMES BY NOTAM.
- 121.3
- Ground
- 121.9
- CTAF
- 121.3
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 132.825
Published procedures
- 7 approaches — ILS, LOC, LS, RNAV (GPS)
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
Nearby airports
- KALB Albany Intl8 nm
- KDDH William H Morse State30 nm
- KAQW Harriman-And-West35 nm
- KPSF Pittsfield Muni38 nm
- KRUT Rutland/Southern Vermont Rgnl59 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KSCH airport diagram or an approach plate
- Other New York airports
- How to read a METAR
- What VFR, MVFR, IFR and LIFR actually mean
- Live records — the strongest winds and lowest ceilings in the country right now
Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.