FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 15 MAY 2025
Location
FAA Identifier: | PTD |
Lat/Long: | 44-40-36.0000N 074-56-54.4000W 44-40.600000N 074-56.906667W 44.6766667,-74.9484444 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 473.9 ft. / 144.4 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 14W (1970) |
From city: | 2 miles E of POTSDAM, NY |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 13676 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 11/1944 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | BOSTON CENTER |
FSS: | BURLINGTON FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | PTD (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | UNATNDD |
Pattern altitude: | 1273.9 ft. MSL |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | ACTVT REIL RWY 06 & 24; PAPI RWY 06 & 24; MIRL RWY 06/24; TWY LGTS - CTAF. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise. |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
WX AWOS-3P: | 118.325 (315-265-6106) |
WX ASOS at MSS (16 nm N): | 128.075 (315-764-0481) |
- APCH/DEP SVC PRVDD BY BOSTON ARTCC ON FREQS 135.25/377.1 (TURIN RCAG).
Nearby radio navigation aids
NDB name | | Hdg/Dist | | Freq | | Var | | ID |
POTSDAM | | 239/4.0 | | 400 | | 14W | | PTD | .--. - -.. |
MISSE | | 201/10.7 | | 278 | | 14W | | MS | -- ... |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL JET-A 100LL:24 HR SELF-SERVE |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 6/24
Dimensions: | 3703 x 75 ft. / 1129 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 6 | | RUNWAY 24 |
Latitude: | 44-40.381225N | | 44-40.818767N |
Longitude: | 074-57.203210W | | 074-56.608813W |
Elevation: | 470.9 ft. | | 468.1 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 058 magnetic, 044 true | | 238 magnetic, 224 true |
Markings: | basic, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 21 ft. tree, 567 ft. from runway, 141 ft. left of centerline, 17:1 slope to clear | | 87 ft. trees, 1802 ft. from runway, 283 ft. right of centerline, 18:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | VILLAGE OF POTSDAM CIVIC CENTER, PO BOX 5168 POTSDAM, NY 13676 Phone 315-265-7480 |
Manager: | BRAD CLEMENTS CIVIC CENTER, PO BOX 5168 POTSDAM, NY 13676 Phone 315-268-1000 HOME 315-268-8839. |
Additional Remarks
- | RWY COND NOT MNTD; RCMD VISUAL INSPN PRIOR TO USE. |
- | DEER ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | EXPC FLT TRNG OPNS INVOF ARPT. |
- | NOISE ABATEMENT PROCS IN EFCT - LEFT TURN WHEN ABLE DEPARTING RWY 24. |
- | FOR CD CTC BOSTON ARTCC AT 603-879-6859. |
Instrument Procedures
NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight. FAA instrument procedures published for use from 15 May 2025 at 0901Z to 13 June 2025 at 0900z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 24 | |
download (183KB) |
NOTE: Special Alternate Minimums apply | |
download (122KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (442KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KMSS - Massena International Airport-Richards Field (16 nm N)
KOGS - Ogdensburg International Airport (22 nm W)
KMAL - Malone-Dufort Airport (28 nm E)
KSLK - Adirondack Regional Airport (36 nm SE)
KLKP - Lake Placid Airport (49 nm SE)
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Aerial photo |
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Taken in August 2008
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Sectional chart |
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Airport distance calculator |
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 23-May-2025
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 04:50 | | 08:50 |
Sunrise | | 05:25 | | 09:25 |
Sunset | | 20:28 | | 00:28 |
Evening civil twilight | | 21:03 | | 01:03 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 23-May-2025 12:50:21 |
Local (UTC-4) | 23-May-2025 08:50:21 |
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METAR |
KPTD | 231235Z AUTO 06004KT 2 1/2SM BR BKN011 BKN026 BKN033 07/07 A2977 RMK AO2 PNO
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KMSS 16nm N | 231233Z AUTO 07010KT 9SM -RA BKN012 BKN019 OVC035 08/06 A2979 RMK AO2 P0000 T00780056
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TAF |
KMSS 16nm N | 231137Z 2312/2412 07009KT P6SM OVC035 FM231500 05009KT P6SM OVC025 FM231800 05008G14KT P6SM OVC035 FM232200 04006KT P6SM -SHRA OVC040 FM240200 VRB04KT P6SM OVC015
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NOTAMs |
NOTAMs are issued by the DoD/FAA and will open in a separate window not controlled by AirNav.
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