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KPTW Pottstown Limerick Airport
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 APRIL 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: PTW
Lat/Long: 40-14-22.4300N / 075-33-24.1100W
40-14.373833N / 075-33.401833W
40.2395639 / -75.5566972
(estimated)
Elevation: 309 ft. / 94.2 m (surveyed)
Variation: 12W (1990)
From city: 3 miles E of POTTSTOWN, PA
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 19464

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1938
Sectional chart: NEW YORK
Control tower: no
ARTCC: NEW YORK CENTER
FSS: WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: PTW (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0600-2100, ALL SAT-SUN 0800-DUSK
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee: yes

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX ASOS: 119.425 (610-495-0823)
PHILADELPHIA APPROACH: 126.85
PHILADELPHIA DEPARTURE: 126.85
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 118.55
WX AWOS-3 at UKT (14 nm NE): 119.475 (215-538-7610)
WX AWOS-3 at LOM (15 nm SE): 118.925 (215-646-1068)
WX AWOS-3 at OQN (15 nm S): 121.4 (610-692-6190)
WX AWOS-3 at N70 (15 nm NE): 108.85 (215-257-7291)
  • CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHILADELPHIA APCH TF 800-354-9884.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
PTWr018/1.1POTTSTOWN VORTAC116.5009W
CKZr245/15.3PENNRIDGE VOR/DME108.8512W
MXEr024/20.0MODENA VORTAC113.2009W
ETXr173/21.3EAST TEXAS VOR/DME110.2009W
PNEr301/(26.8)NORTH PHILADELPHIA VOR112.0010W
FJCr199/29.6ALLENTOWN VORTAC117.5010W
ARDr278/29.7YARDLEY VOR/DME108.2010W
DQOr014/33.8DUPONT VORTAC114.0010W
LRPr087/34.4LANCASTER VORTAC117.3009W
OODr352/38.0WOODSTOWN VORTAC112.8010W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
AMBLER310/14.227511WING .. -. --.
QUAKERTOWN239/16.320812WUKT ..- -.- -
WILLOW GROVE291/19.138812WNXX -. -..- -..-
CARBON177/35.633912WLQX .-.. --.- -..-

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 10/28

Dimensions: 3371 x 75 ft. / 1027 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 10  RUNWAY 28
Latitude: 40-14.345333N40-14.402333N
Longitude: 075-33.762167W075-33.041500W
Elevation: 307.2 ft.302.6 ft.
Gradient: 0.5%0.5%
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 096 magnetic, 084 true276 magnetic, 264 true
Displaced threshold: no200 ft.
Markings: basic, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Instrument approach: LOCALIZER
Obstructions: 21 ft. brush, 331 ft. from runway, 259 ft. left of centerline, 6:1 slope to clear54 ft. trees, 593 ft. from runway, 289 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear
RY 28 APCH RATIO 14:1 TO DSPLCD THLD.
+10 FT ROAD 0-200 FT FM THLD. +6 FT SIGN 214 FT LEFT OF THLD.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: EXELON GENERATION COMPANY LLC
LGS SANATOGA ROAD
POTTSTOWN, PA 19464
Phone 610-718-3075
Manager: MICHAEL D'ARIES
3310 WEST RIDGE PIKE
POTTSTOWN, PA 19464
Phone 610-495-7000

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 103
Single engine airplanes: 90
Multi engine airplanes: 7
Jet airplanes: 3
Helicopters: 3
    
Aircraft operations: avg 102/day *
63% local general aviation
20% transient general aviation
17% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 04 May 2007

Additional Remarks

LGTD & MKD 507' AGL (769' MSL) STACK 6000' W OF RY 10.
BIRDS & DEER ON & INVOF ARPT.
ARPT PERMLY CLSD TO ACFT 13500 LBS & OVER.

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 8 May 2008 at 0901Z and 5 June 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 10   download (172KB)
GPS RWY 28   download (170KB)
LOC RWY 28   download (212KB)
VOR/DME-A   download (161KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (41KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

N47 - Pottstown Municipal Airport (5 nm W)
N10 - Perkiomen Valley Airport (6 nm E)
KUKT - Quakertown Airport (14 nm NE)
KLOM - Wings Field Airport (15 nm SE)
KOQN - Brandywine Airport (15 nm S)
 
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Sectional chart
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From to KPTW

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 11-May-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:2009:20
Sunrise05:5009:50
Sunset20:0700:07
Evening civil twilight20:3700:37

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  11-May-2008 23:12:34
Local (UTC-4)  11-May-2008 19:12:34
 
METAR
KPTW 112254Z AUTO 08007G16KT 10SM OVC036 14/07 A2967 RMK AO2 SLP046 T01390067 TSNO
KUKT 
14nm NE 
112300Z AUTO 11012G18KT 10SM SCT034 13/05 A2969 RMK A01 P000
KLOM 
15nm SE 
112301Z AUTO 09014G18KT 10SM OVC030 13/06 A2967 RMK AO1
KNXX 
19nm E 
112256Z 11011G21KT 10SM FEW030 OVC039 12/04 A2970 RMK AO2 SLP063 T01220044 PNO $
TAF
KNXX 
19nm E 
112121 11018G28KT 9999 VCSH FEW040 SCT100 BKN150 OVC200 650609 651505 540009 540901 542009 542909 543803 QNH2954INS BECMG 2200 11020G30KT FEW020 SCT040 BKN100 OVC150 650609 651505 540009 540901 542009 542909 543803 QNH2950INS TEMPO 2202 8000 -SHRA BK
KRDG 
20nm W 
112209Z 112218 14012G20KT P6SM SCT040 OVC100 FM2300 11012G22KT 6SM -RA BR OVC035 FM0100 08014G24KT 5SM -RA BR OVC015 WS020/09045KT FM0600 06015G25KT 3SM -RA BR SCT008 OVC012 WS020/07050KT TEMPO 0812 2SM RA BR BKN008 FM1200 04017G27KT 1SM RA BR BKN008
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Penn Airways 610-495-7000
no information available

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FS 
100LL 
$5.26 
Jet A 
$5.37 
 Updated 28-Apr-2008
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Where to Eat: Catering, Restaurants, Food shops

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Distance Comments
Airport Restaurant 610-495-7626
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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 Pottstown Limerick Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Pottstown Limerick Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Pottstown Limerick Airport

Miles Price ($)
BEST WESTERN POTTSTOWN INN 3.8 
DAYS INN POTTSTOWN 5.2 54-130
QUALITY INN POTTSTOWN 5.3 81-95
COMFORT INN POTTSTOWN 5.6 104-108

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 Pottstown Limerick Airport

4 in Pottstown
12 in King of Prussia
6 in Malvern
2 in Frazer
4 in Exton
5 in Wayne
2 in Montgomeryville
1 in West Conshohocken
5 in Plymouth Meeting
3 in Quakertown
3 in West Chester
 

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