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4PA7 Sheepshead Airport
Lykens, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: 4PA7
Lat/Long: 40-33-53.3070N / 076-44-47.8830W
40-33.888450N / 076-44.798050W
40.5648075 / -76.7466342
(estimated)
Elevation: 610 ft. / 186 m (estimated)
Variation: 10W (1985)
From city: 3 miles W of LYKENS, PA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 17048

Airport Operations

Airport use: Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date: 12/1975
Sectional chart: NEW YORK
Control tower: no
ARTCC: NEW YORK CENTER
FSS: WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance: UNATNDD
Wind indicator: yes
Segmented circle: no

Airport Communications

WX ASOS at MUI (11 nm SE): PHONE 717-861-6493
WX ASOS at SEG (16 nm N): 123.975 (570-374-4099)
WX AWOS-3 at N79 (19 nm NE): 119.175 (570-672-0389)
WX AWOS-3 at ZER (19 nm NE): 127.57 (570-544-2778)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
RAVr287/6.7RAVINE VORTAC114.6011W
SEGr163/14.9SELINSGROVE VORTAC110.4008W
HARr053/21.6HARRISBURG VORTAC112.5010W
MIPr197/27.8MILTON VORTAC109.2009W
LRPr331/33.9LANCASTER VORTAC117.3009W
HZLr238/(37.4)HAZLETON VOR109.4009W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
BELLGROVE321/11.732810WBZJ -... --.. .---
YORK020/39.125411WEUD . ..- -..

Airport Services

Runway Information

Runway 6/24

Dimensions: 1500 x 100 ft. / 457 x 30 m
Surface: turf
RUNWAY 6  RUNWAY 24
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Displaced threshold: no370 ft.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: MERRITT CAPITAL CORP
Manager: GEORGE JENKINS
467 BELROSE LA
LAT DAVIDS, PA 19087
Phone 610-688-7923

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 3
Single engine airplanes: 3
    

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 4PA7.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

74N - Bendigo Airport (9 nm E)
KMUI - Muir Army Airfield (Fort Indiantown Gap) (11 nm SE)
KSEG - Penn Valley Airport (16 nm N)
N79 - Northumberland County Airport (19 nm NE)
KZER - Schuylkill County (Joe Zerbey) Airport (19 nm NE)
 
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Area around 4PA7 (Sheepshead Airport)
 
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From to 4PA7

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Nov-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:1911:19
Sunrise06:4711:47
Sunset16:5421:54
Evening civil twilight17:2322:23

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Nov-2009 15:51:40
Local (UTC-5)  09-Nov-2009 10:51:40
 
METAR
KMUI 
12nm SE 
091455Z AUTO 07003KT 9SM CLR 14/11 A3041 RMK AO2 SLP300 60000 T01360105 51002
KSEG 
16nm N 
091453Z AUTO 17003KT 5SM HZ CLR 12/07 A3039 RMK AO2 SLP291 T01170072 50001
KCXY 
21nm S 
091456Z 00000KT 3SM HZ FEW090 12/09 A3042 RMK AO2 SLP303 T01170089 53004
KMDT 
22nm S 
091515Z 00000KT 2SM HZ CLR 11/08 A3041 RMK AO2 TWR VIS 3
TAF

 
 

Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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Hotels in other cities near Sheepshead Airport

5 in Grantville
4 in Selinsgrove
3 in Pine Grove
15 in Hershey
 

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