Albany International Airport

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Albany International Airport
FAA airport diagram
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerAlbany County, New York
OperatorAlbany County Airport Authority
ServesAlbany and Capital District, New York
LocationLatham, New York, U.S.
Focus city forCape Air
Elevation AMSL285 ft / 87 m
Coordinates42°44′57″N 073°48′07″W / 42.74917°N 73.80194°W / 42.74917; -73.80194
Websitewww.albanyairport.com
Map
Albany International Airport is located in New York
Albany International Airport
Albany International Airport
Albany International Airport is located in the United States
Albany International Airport
Albany International Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
1/19 8,500 2,591 Asphalt
10/28 7,200 2,195 Asphalt
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2010)154,094
Based aircraft (2017)88
Enplanements (2017)1,393,666

Albany International Airport (IATA: ALB, ICAO: KALB, FAA LID: ALB) is a public use airport six nautical miles (11 km) northwest of the central business district of Albany, in Albany County, New York, United States. It is owned by the Albany County Airport Authority.[1] It is an airport of entry[3] serving Albany. It is in the town of Colonie. It was built on the site of the Shaker settlement about 6 miles (10 km) north of Albany and stretching north to the hamlet of Verdoy. The airport is the seat of a class C airspace.[4]

Airlines and destinations[change | change source]

AirlinesDestinationsConcourse(s)
Air Canada Toronto-Pearson C
Air Canada Express operated by Air Georgian Toronto-Pearson C
American Airlines TBA B
American Eagle TBA B
Cape Air Boston, Massena, Ogdensburg A
Delta Air Lines Atlanta B
Delta Connection operated by Compass Airlines Minneapolis/St. Paul B
Delta Connection operated by ExpressJet Airlines Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul B
Delta Connection operated by Pinnacle Airlines Atlanta, Detroit B
JetBlue TBA TBA
Southwest Airlines Baltimore, Chicago-Midway, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Orlando, Tampa C
United Airlines Chicago-O'Hare A
United Express operated by CommutAir Newark A
United Express operated by Expressjet Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Cleveland, Newark, Washington-Dulles A
United Express operated by GoJet Airlines Chicago-O'Hare A
US Airways Charlotte, Philadelphia B
US Airways Express operated by Air Wisconsin Philadelphia, Washington-National B
US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines Charlotte B
US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines Philadelphia B
US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines Charlotte, Philadelphia, Washington-National B
US Airways Express operated by Republic Airlines Charlotte, Philadelphia, Washington-National B

Top Destinations[change | change source]

Top ten busiest domestic routes out of ALB
(July 2012 - June 2013)[5]
Rank City Passengers Carriers
1 Maryland Baltimore, MD 186,950 Southwest
2 North Carolina Charlotte, NC 105,230 US Airways
3 Georgia (U.S. state) Atlanta, GA 95,690 Delta
4 Illinois Chicago-O'Hare, IL 93,890 United
5 Florida Orlando, FL 87,720 Southwest
6 Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 85,790 US Airways
7 Illinois Chicago-Midway, IL 78,580 Southwest
8 Michigan Detroit, MI 72,950 Delta
9 Washington, D.C. Washington-National, DC 55,790 US Airways
10 New Jersey Newark, NJ 55,650 United

Airline share[change | change source]

Airline Percent of Total Enplanements in 2011
Southwest 41.2%
US Airways 18.8%
Delta 16.2%
United 14.6%
Cape Air 1.3%
Air Canada 0.4%

Source:[6]

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 FAA Airport Master Record for ALB (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. effective January 5, 2017.
  2. 2010 North American Final Rankings, Airports Council International – North America, archived from the original on May 15, 2011[not in the source given]
  3. "Customs at ALB". Albany International Airport. Archived from the original on 2008-08-31. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  4. "Albany Airspace". SkyVector.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  5. "OST_R - BTS - Transtats". www.transtats.bts.gov.
  6. http://www.albanyairport.com/FileUpload/files/financial_pdfs/2011%20CAFR%20Web%20view.pdf[permanent dead link]