Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport

Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (KROC) is a medium airport in Rochester, NY. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KROC or IATA code ROC. It sits in North America.

Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

The longest runway measures 8,001 ft (2,439 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.

Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport sits near sea level at 559 ft.

Local operations run on America/New_York. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

SkyAccess currently tracks 85 departing and 160 arriving private-jet legs at KROC across the next six months of operator inventory. 9 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KROC are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport is a public airport located within the City of Rochester, three miles (4.8 km) southwest of Downtown, in Monroe County, New York, United States. It is owned and operated by Monroe County. The airport is home to the 642nd Aviation Support Battalion, part of the 42nd Infantry Division.