Superior Court Judge Douglas Mintz scolded Patricio, telling him his conduct during the three-hour June 2005 flight was "totally outrageous."
"It is a miracle you didn't kill yourself or kill your passengers," Mintz told Patricio. "It's bad enough to drive drunk. To fly drunk is totally unacceptable."
Patricio had two teenage passengers with him when he flew the single-engine plane to the Westchester County Airport in New York, where he landed on a dark taxi way.
Mintz handed down a five-year prison term, suspended after he serves one year in prison, and five years on probation.
Patricio already served about nine months in prison in New York state for charges he was arrested on by New York state authorities.
In New York, he pleaded guilty in January to reckless endangerment, drunken flying and resisting arrest.
The charges Patricio pleaded guilty to in Danbury Superior Court in June include circumventing airport security, reckless endangerment first degree, unlawful use of an aircraft, operating an aircraft while under the influence of alcohol, and delivering alcohol to a minor.
Mintz told Patricio when he is released from prison, he must spend six months in an inpatient alcohol treatment program. He must also abide by several other conditions, including staying away from airports unless he is a ticket-holding passenger.
Other conditions include to refrain from any further pilot training and paying the city $5,000 restitution.
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