Watertown International Airport

Watertown International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCounty of Jefferson
ServesWatertown, New York
LocationHounsfield, New York
Elevation AMSL328 ft / 100 m
Coordinates43°59′31″N 076°01′14″W / 43.99194°N 76.02056°W / 43.99194; -76.02056
Websitewatertownairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 7,001 2,134 Asphalt
07/25 4,999 1,524 Asphalt
Statistics (12 months ending September 2022 except where noted)
Passenger volume42,920
Departing passengers21,200
Scheduled flights621
Aircraft operations (2021)49,786
Based aircraft (2022)35
Sign at the entrance to the airport

Watertown International Airport (IATA: ART[3], ICAO: KART, FAA LID: ART) is in the Town of Hounsfield in Jefferson County, New York, United States,[1] 6 mi (5.2 nmi; 9.7 km) west of Watertown. The airport is used for general aviation, but has scheduled passenger service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The airport has no scheduled international passenger flights, but is available as an international port of entry for private aircraft on two hours' advance notice from pilots.

The Federal Aviation Administration says this airport had 2,203 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2010,[4] 4,449 in 2011,[5] and 16,988 in 2012.[6] It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[7]

On July 12, 2024, a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III from the 732nd Airlift Squadron landed at Watertown International Airport and stayed for two days before leaving.[8]

  1. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for ATW PDF, effective December 29, 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference transtats.bts.gov was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (ART: Watertown)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  4. ^ "2010 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011.
  5. ^ "2011 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF). CY 2011 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. October 9, 2012.
  6. ^ "2012 Primary, Non-primary Commercial Service, and General Aviation Airports (by State)" (PDF). CY 2012 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. October 31, 2013.
  7. ^ "NPIAS Report 2023-2027 Appendix A" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. October 6, 2022. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
  8. ^ WWNY-TV (July 15, 2024), Watertown airport welcomes its largest aircraft ever, retrieved July 17, 2024