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KOQN Brandywine Airport
West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 AUGUST 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: OQN
Lat/Long: 39-59-24.4240N / 075-34-54.8650W
39-59.407067N / 075-34.914417W
39.9901178 / -75.5819069
(estimated)
Elevation: 462.5 ft. / 141 m (estimated)
Variation: 12W (2000)
From city: 3 miles NE of WEST CHESTER, PA
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 19380

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1946
Sectional chart: WASHINGTON
Control tower: no
ARTCC: NEW YORK CENTER
FSS: WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: IPT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: 0800-1700
Pattern altitude: 1497.5 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: RY ARPT LIGHTS ON TIMER SS-SR; BCN PHOTOCELL; PAPI CONTINUOUSLY OPER.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
ACTIVATE - ROTG BCN - CTAF.
Landing fee: no, LANDING FEE COML OPNS ONLY.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 123.075
WX AWOS-3: 121.4 (610-692-6190)
PHILADELPHIA APPROACH: 124.35
PHILADELPHIA DEPARTURE: 124.35
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 125.6
WX AWOS-3 at MQS (13 nm W): 126.25 (610-384-6132)
WX ASOS at PTW (15 nm N): 119.425 (610-495-0823)
WX AWOS-3 at LOM (17 nm NE): 118.925 (215-646-1068)
WX ASOS at PHL (17 nm SE): PHONE 215-492-9617
WX ASOS at ILG (19 nm S): PHONE 302-328-1536
  • CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHILADELPHIA APCH TF 800-354-9884.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
MXEr052/6.0MODENA VORTAC113.2009W
PTWr193/14.0POTTSTOWN VORTAC116.5009W
DQOr014/18.8DUPONT VORTAC114.0010W
OODr339/24.8WOODSTOWN VORTAC112.8010W
PNEr268/(26.9)NORTH PHILADELPHIA VOR112.0010W
CKZr221/27.5PENNRIDGE VOR/DME108.8512W
LRPr112/33.5LANCASTER VORTAC117.3009W
ARDr253/34.7YARDLEY VOR/DME108.2010W
ETXr181/35.8EAST TEXAS VOR/DME110.2009W
VCNr324/39.3CEDAR LAKE VORTAC115.2010W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
AMBLER251/15.927512WING .. -. --.
QUAKERTOWN219/29.120812WUKT ..- -.- -
ABERDEEN052/36.434910WAPG .- .--. --.

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL JET-A
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MINOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 9/27

Dimensions: 3347 x 50 ft. / 1020 x 15 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 10.0
Runway edge lights: low intensity
RUNWAY 9  RUNWAY 27
Latitude: 39-59.343000N39-59.471133N
Longitude: 075-35.262917W075-34.565917W
Elevation: 459.5 ft.462.5 ft.
Gradient: 1.0%1.0%
Traffic pattern: rightleft
Runway heading: 089 magnetic, 077 true269 magnetic, 257 true
Displaced threshold: 125 ft.250 ft.
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (4.20 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 44 ft. tree, 675 ft. from runway, 181 ft. right of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear
APCH RATIO 19:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.
27 ft. tree, 502 ft. from runway, 245 ft. of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear
ROAD TRAVERSING THE 200 FT PRIMARY SFC AREA BYD EOR; ROAD RISES TO +13 FT AT A POINT 14 FT FROM EOR 265 FT R.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: NEW BRANDYWINE ARPT CLUB INC
1205 WARD AVE
WEST CHESTER, PA 19380
Phone 610-692-6100
Manager: JOHN TAYLOR
1205 WARD AVE
WEST CHESTER, PA 19380
Phone 610-692-6100

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 106
Single engine airplanes: 93
Multi engine airplanes: 5
Helicopters: 8
    
Aircraft operations: avg 164/day *
58% local general aviation
40% transient general aviation
2% air taxi
* for 12-month period ending 25 September 2012

Additional Remarks

TFC DEPARTING RY 27 TURN RIGHT 10 DEG UNTIL REACHING 1200 FT MSL TO AVIOD MANSION LEFT & HOMES RIGHT.
BIRDS & DEER ON & INVOF ARPT.
FOR SVC AFT HRS CTC 484-832-3476.

Instrument Procedures

NOTE: All procedures below are presented as PDF files. If you need a reader for these files, you should download the free Adobe Reader.

NOT FOR NAVIGATION. Please procure official charts for flight.
FAA instrument procedures published for use between 19 September 2013 at 0901Z and 17 October 2013 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 09   download (164KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 27   download (165KB)
VOR-A   download (124KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (149KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

N57 - New Garden Airport (13 nm SW)
KMQS - Chester County G O Carlson Airport (13 nm W)
N10 - Perkiomen Valley Airport (15 nm NE)
KPTW - Heritage Field Airport (15 nm N)
N47 - Pottstown Municipal Airport (17 nm N)
KLOM - Wings Field Airport (17 nm NE)
KPHL - Philadelphia International Airport (17 nm SE)
7N7 - Spitfire Aerodrome (17 nm SE)
KILG - New Castle Airport (19 nm S)
 
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Area around KOQN (Brandywine Airport)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KOQN (Brandywine Airport)
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Taken in 2009
looking east.

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From to KOQN

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Oct-2013
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4810:48
Sunrise07:1511:15
Sunset18:2122:21
Evening civil twilight18:4822:48

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Oct-2013 21:52:00
Local (UTC-4)  16-Oct-2013 17:52:00
 
METAR
KMQS 
13nm W 
162055Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW024 18/14 A2999 RMK AO2
KPTW 
15nm N 
161954Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW026 BKN035 18/13 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP154 T01780133 TSNO
KLOM 
17nm NE 
162035Z AUTO 08003KT 10SM CLR 18/14 A2996 RMK AO1
KPHL 
18nm SE 
161954Z 21004KT 10SM FEW030 BKN160 OVC200 21/14 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP153 T02060139
KILG 
19nm S 
162051Z 15003KT 10SM CLR 19/14 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP151 T01940139 56010 $
TAF
KPHL 
18nm SE 
162031Z 1621/1724 19005KT P6SM SCT025 BKN100 TEMPO 1622/1624 BKN025 FM170300 21005KT P6SM SCT007 BKN025 FM170900 21003KT 4SM BR OVC007 FM171500 25006KT P6SM OVC035
KILG 
19nm S 
161741Z 1618/1718 16006KT P6SM SCT015 TEMPO 1618/1620 BKN015 FM170300 17003KT 5SM BR SCT005 BKN020 FM170900 VRB03KT 3SM BR OVC005 FM171500 25005KT P6SM OVC035
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
 New Brandywine Aero
610-692-6100
[web site]
[email]
Aviation fuel, Aircraft ground handling, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Passenger terminal and lounge, Flight training, Aircraft rental, ...
 
Phillips 66 Aviation Performance Center   Enterprise Rent-A-Car   Wireless Internet Access (WiFi)  
 
More info about New Brandywine Aero
Phillips 66
100LL Jet A
FS $6.19 $4.99 
 Updated 08-Oct-2013
 
   8 read write
FS=Full service
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Brandywine Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Brandywine Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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AirNav users who flew into KOQN have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
EXTENDED STAY AMERICA PHILADELPHIA - MALVERN 5.6 104-114
MICROTEL INN AND SUITES 3.2 79-104
 

Other hotels near Brandywine Airport

Miles Price ($)
WARNER HOTEL 2.4 
SHERATON GREAT VALLEY HOTEL 3.0 209-210
HAMPTON INN PHILADELPHIA/GREAT VALLEY/MALVERN 3.0 159-179
HAMPTON INN - DOWNINGTON - EXTON - LIONVILLE 3.4 107-129
FAIRFIELD INN BY MARRIOTT PHILADELPHIA EXTON 3.4 144-149
RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOTT PHILADELPHIA EXTON 3.5 169-219
DAYS HOTEL WEST CHESTER - BRANDYWINE VALLEY 3.6 76-89
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS EXTON 3.6 139-159
AVE MALVERN 3.8 120-140
HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS MALVERN 4.9 129-130
STAYBRIDGE SUITES MALVERN 4.9 140-170
HOMEWOOD SUITES BY HILTON PHILADELPHIA GREAT VALLEY 5.0 170-189
HOMESTEAD PHILADELPHIA - MALVERN 5.2 115-125
THE DESMOND HOTEL 5.3 194-304
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT PHILADELPHIA GREAT VALLEY MALVERN 5.4 209-239
WYNDHAM GARDEN EXTON VALLEY FORGE 5.8 116-129
COMFORT INN & SUITES BRANDYWINE VALLEY 5.8 130-140
EXTENDED STAY AMERICA PHILADELPHIA - EXTON 5.9 105-115

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport.
    

Hotels in other cities near Brandywine Airport

4 in West Chester
2 in Frazer
8 in Exton
8 in Malvern
1 in Downingtown
5 in Wayne
14 in King of Prussia
2 in Eagleville
1 in West Norriton
2 in Springfield
1 in Royersford
1 in Saint Peters Village
1 in West Conshohocken
2 in Chester
1 in Limerick
1 in Ridley Park
15 in Wilmington, DE
5 in Essington
2 in Lester
4 in Pottstown
5 in Plymouth Meeting
 

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