116 public-use fields

New York Airport Density Altitude

New York has 116 public-use airports, and none of them typically exceed 5,000 ft of density altitude even on a summer afternoon — heat still trims performance, but the climate keeps typical density altitudes low.

Every field, worst typical afternoon first

Field elevation from FAA NASR · worst typical afternoon of each field's hottest month from NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station · standard pressure, dry air
Airport	City	Field elev	Worst typical afternoon DA	Month
KOLE — Cattaraugus County-Olean	Olean	2,135 ft	3,852 ft	July
KELZ — Wellsville Municipal/Tarantine Field	Wellsville	2,125 ft	3,840 ft	July
KJHW — Chautauqua County/Jamestown	Jamestown	1,723 ft	3,491 ft	July
N66 — Albert S Nader Regional	Oneonta	1,763 ft	3,423 ft	July
D88 — Pratt'S Eastern Divide	Sherman	1,640 ft	3,372 ft	July
KBGM — Greater Binghamton/Edwin A Link Field	Binghamton	1,636 ft	3,268 ft	July
D23 — Arcade Tri-County	Arcade	1,745 ft	3,251 ft	July
N56 — Great Valley	Great Valley	1,450 ft	3,251 ft	July
KSLK — Adirondack Regional	Saranac Lake	1,663 ft	3,189 ft	July
KLKP — Lake Placid	Lake Placid	1,747 ft	3,141 ft	July
8G3 — Giermek Exec	Olean	1,420 ft	3,122 ft	July
K09 — Piseco	Piseco	1,703 ft	3,113 ft	July
K31 — Sharon	Sharon Springs	1,508 ft	3,068 ft	July
01G — Perry-Warsaw	Perry	1,558 ft	3,054 ft	July
KMSV — Sullivan County International	Monticello	1,403 ft	3,014 ft	July
D79 — Dart	Mayville	1,330 ft	3,012 ft	July
N25 — Blue Heron	Gallupville	1,200 ft	2,927 ft	July
KHTF — Hornell Municipal	Hornell	1,219 ft	2,920 ft	July
KVGC — Hamilton Municipal	Hamilton	1,137 ft	2,776 ft	July
92G — Midlakes	Gorham	1,080 ft	2,775 ft	July
N03 — Cortland County/Chase Field	Cortland	1,197 ft	2,750 ft	July
N23 — Sidney Municipal	Sidney	1,027 ft	2,722 ft	July
6B9 — Skaneateles Aero Drome	Skaneateles	1,039 ft	2,706 ft	July
KITH — Ithaca Tompkins International	Ithaca	1,099 ft	2,705 ft	July
KOIC — Lt Warren Eaton	Norwich	1,024 ft	2,688 ft	July
KELM — Elmira/Corning Regional	Elmira/Corning	955 ft	2,684 ft	July
7N1 — Corning-Painted Post	Corning	962 ft	2,668 ft	July
KPEO — Penn Yan/Yates County	Penn Yan	988 ft	2,662 ft	July
D82 — Ovid	Ovid	1,062 ft	2,653 ft	July
4N7 — Greene	Greene	935 ft	2,591 ft	July
NY0 — Fulton County	Johnstown	881 ft	2,538 ft	July
6B4 — Frankfort-Highland	Utica/Frankfort	1,325 ft	2,524 ft	July
KCZG — Tri-Cities	Endicott	833 ft	2,510 ft	July
1F2 — Plateau Sky Ranch	Edinburg	1,070 ft	2,489 ft	July
KGVQ — Genesee County	Batavia	914 ft	2,485 ft	July
KIUA — Canandaigua	Canandaigua	814 ft	2,450 ft	July
K23 — Cooperstown-Westville	Cooperstown	1,260 ft	2,445 ft	July
4N2 — Middlesex Valley	Middlesex	770 ft	2,396 ft	July
9G3 — Akron/Jesson Field	Akron	840 ft	2,395 ft	July
44N — Sky Acres	Millbrook	697 ft	2,375 ft	July
KDSV — Dansville Municipal	Dansville	660 ft	2,373 ft	July
5G0 — Le Roy	Le Roy	780 ft	2,365 ft	July
1H4 — Greenville-Rainbow	Greenville	840 ft	2,364 ft	July
9G6 — Pine Hill	Albion	669 ft	2,354 ft	July
1E8 — Degrasse Moores	Degrasse	815 ft	2,345 ft	July
4B1 — Duanesburg	Duanesburg	714 ft	2,334 ft	July
D59 — Gowanda	Gowanda	830 ft	2,301 ft	July
KBQR — Buffalo-Lancaster Regional	Buffalo	752 ft	2,300 ft	July
09N — Airhaven	Staatsburg	450 ft	2,296 ft	July
KSWF — New York Stewart International	New York	491 ft	2,285 ft	July
9G5 — Royalton	Gasport	628 ft	2,279 ft	July
D91 — Spencerport Airpark	Spencerport	614 ft	2,274 ft	July
KBUF — Buffalo Niagara International	Buffalo	727 ft	2,269 ft	July
D51 — Clarence Aerodrome	Buffalo	589 ft	2,262 ft	July
1I1 — Marcy Field	Keene	985 ft	2,221 ft	July
KDKK — Chautauqua County/Dunkirk	Dunkirk	692 ft	2,214 ft	July
KROC — Frederick Douglass/Greater Rochester International	Rochester	559 ft	2,207 ft	July
4B7 — Schroon Lake	Schroon Lake	834 ft	2,200 ft	July
9G0 — Buffalo Airfield	Buffalo	670 ft	2,199 ft	July
N45 — Kobelt	Wallkill	420 ft	2,198 ft	July
N82 — Wurtsboro/Sullivan County	Wurtsboro	548 ft	2,187 ft	July
4G2 — Hamburg	Hamburg	751 ft	2,186 ft	July
N72 — Warwick Municipal	Warwick	540 ft	2,177 ft	July
7G0 — Ledgedale Airpark	Brockport	665 ft	2,168 ft	July
06N — Randall	Middletown	523 ft	2,157 ft	July
5B7 — Rensselaer County	Troy	440 ft	2,148 ft	July
1B8 — Chapin Field	Cambridge	510 ft	2,147 ft	July
D52 — Geneseo	Geneseo	560 ft	2,146 ft	July
KMAL — Malone-Dufort	Malone	790 ft	2,146 ft	July
1I5 — Freehold	Freehold	440 ft	2,136 ft	July
5B2 — Saratoga County	Saratoga Springs	434 ft	2,135 ft	July
KIAG — Niagara Falls International	Niagara Falls	592 ft	2,135 ft	July
KHPN — Westchester County	White Plains	439 ft	2,104 ft	July
N69 — Stormville	Stormville	358 ft	2,104 ft	July
KSCH — Schenectady County	Schenectady	378 ft	2,073 ft	July
1A1 — Green Acres	Livingston	297 ft	2,067 ft	July
NY1 — Kline Kill	Ghent	380 ft	2,050 ft	July
KMGJ — Orange County	Montgomery	370 ft	2,044 ft	July
KRME — Griffiss International	Rome	504 ft	2,040 ft	July
85N — Hollands International Field	Newfane	360 ft	1,989 ft	July
KSYR — Syracuse Hancock International	Syracuse	421 ft	1,989 ft	July
K16 — Becks Grove	Rome	450 ft	1,974 ft	July
KFZY — Oswego County	Fulton	475 ft	1,967 ft	July
KALB — Albany International	Albany	285 ft	1,959 ft	July
N89 — Joseph Y Resnick	Ellenville	290 ft	1,947 ft	July
1B1 — Columbia County	Hudson	198 ft	1,946 ft	July
B16 — Whitfords	Weedsport	400 ft	1,944 ft	July
0G7 — Finger Lakes Regional	Seneca Falls	492 ft	1,932 ft	July
KPTD — Potsdam Municipal/Damon Field	Potsdam	474 ft	1,929 ft	July
20N — Kingston-Ulster	Kingston	147 ft	1,927 ft	July
1H1 — Airlane Enterprises	Clay	385 ft	1,888 ft	July
KPOU — Hudson Valley Regional	Poughkeepsie	164 ft	1,867 ft	July
1C3 — Argyle	Argyle	330 ft	1,865 ft	July
KGFL — Floyd Bennett Meml	Glens Falls	328 ft	1,862 ft	July
KSDC — Williamson/Sodus	Williamson/Sodus	424 ft	1,836 ft	July
4B0 — South Albany	South Bethlehem	196 ft	1,826 ft	July
W57 — Round Lake	Round Lake	178 ft	1,822 ft	July
KLGA — Laguardia	New York	21 ft	1,792 ft	July
83K — Harris	Fort Ann	261 ft	1,781 ft	July
K30 — Heber Airpark	Gansevoort	230 ft	1,743 ft	July
4B6 — Ticonderoga Municipal	Ticonderoga	274 ft	1,728 ft	July
B04 — Garnseys	Schuylerville	100 ft	1,727 ft	July
KART — Watertown International	Watertown	331 ft	1,722 ft	July
KOGS — Ogdensburg International	Ogdensburg	302 ft	1,718 ft	July
KPBG — Plattsburgh International	Plattsburgh	234 ft	1,698 ft	July
KMSS — Massena International-Richards Field	Massena	222 ft	1,689 ft	July
KISP — Long Island Mac Arthur	New York	99 ft	1,664 ft	July
KFRG — Republic	Farmingdale	82 ft	1,643 ft	July
KHWV — Brookhaven	Shirley	81 ft	1,623 ft	July
KJFK — John F Kennedy International	New York	13 ft	1,608 ft	July
KFOK — Francis S Gabreski	Westhampton Beach	66 ft	1,530 ft	July
21N — Mattituck	Mattituck	30 ft	1,517 ft	July
KJPX — East Hampton Town	East Hampton	55 ft	1,472 ft	July
23N — Bayport Aerodrome	Bayport	39 ft	1,428 ft	August
KMTP — Montauk	Montauk	7 ft	1,395 ft	July
0B8 — Elizabeth Field	Fishers Island	7 ft	1,364 ft	July

▲ above 5,000 ft · ⚠ above 8,000 ft on a typical afternoon of the airport's hottest month. Open any field for its monthly table and a pre-filled calculator.

Frequently asked questions

Which New York airport has the highest density altitude in summer?

Cattaraugus County-Olean (KOLE) tops the list: from 2,135 ft of field elevation, a typical summer afternoon reaches about 3,852 ft of density altitude. Each airport's page carries its full monthly table.

What is the highest airport in New York?

Cattaraugus County-Olean (KOLE) at 2,135 ft MSL, per the FAA airport record. Elevation is the biggest single term in density altitude — the summer heat gets added on top of it.