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N68 Franklin County Regional Airport
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 FEBRUARY 2024

Location

FAA Identifier: N68
Lat/Long: 39-58-22.6621N 077-38-35.7226W
39-58.377702N 077-38.595377W
39.9729617,-77.6432563
(estimated)
Elevation: 687.9 ft. / 209.7 m (surveyed)
Variation: 11W (2000)
From city: 3 miles N of CHAMBERSBURG, PA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 17201

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 07/1970
Control tower: no
ARTCC: NEW YORK CENTER
FSS: WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: IPT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATTND
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: ACTVT MIRL RWY 06/24 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF: 122.9
WX AWOS-3: 120.725 (717-261-1943)
HARRISBURG APPROACH: 124.1
HARRISBURG DEPARTURE: 124.1
WX ASOS at HGR (16 nm S): 126.375 (301-745-3497)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
HGRr038/(19.2)HAGERSTOWN VOR109.8007W
HARr243/32.9HARRISBURG VORTAC115.3510W
FDKr348/(35.8)FREDERICK VOR109.0008W
MRBr022/36.5MARTINSBURG VORTAC112.1007W

Airport Services

Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MINOR
Powerplant service: MINOR
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 6/24

Dimensions: 3300 x 75 ft. / 1006 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 6  RUNWAY 24
Latitude: 39-58.196428N39-58.558975N
Longitude: 077-38.858508W077-38.332243W
Elevation: 684.2 ft.683.5 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 059 magnetic, 048 true239 magnetic, 228 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on right (3.00 degrees glide path)2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: none46 ft. trees, 417 ft. from runway, 261 ft. left of centerline, 4:1 slope to clear

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: SUSQUEHANNA AREA REGIONAL AIRPORT A
ONE TERMINAL DRIVE, SUITE 300
MIDDLETOWN, PA 17057
Phone 717-948-3900
717-774-8335 OR 717-948-3501.
Manager: TIM EDWARDS
ONE TERMINAL DRIVE, SUITE 300, 208 AIRPORT DRIVE
MIDDLETOWN, PA 17057
Phone 717-948-3900

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 16
Single engine airplanes: 16
    
Aircraft operations: avg 33/day *
75% local general aviation
25% transient general aviation
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 13 February 2023

Additional Remarks

PJA ON & INVOF ARPT.
FOR CD CTC HARRISBURG APCH AT 800-932-0712.

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 from 22 February 2024 at 0901Z to 21 March 2024 at 0900z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 06   download (213KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 24   download (233KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (428KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KHGR - Hagerstown Regional Airport-Richard A Henson Field (16 nm S)
W05 - Gettysburg Regional Airport (19 nm SE)
N94 - Carlisle Airport (25 nm NE)
W35 - Potomac Airpark (29 nm SW)
KFDK - Frederick Municipal Airport (36 nm S)
 
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Aerial photo of N68 (Franklin County Regional Airport)
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Photo taken 28-Jan-2019
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 19-Mar-2024
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4810:48
Sunrise07:1511:15
Sunset19:2123:21
Evening civil twilight19:4823:48

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  19-Mar-2024 07:01:54
Local (UTC-4)  19-Mar-2024 03:01:54
 
METAR
KHGR 
17nm S 
190653Z AUTO 29012KT 10SM OVC046 02/M06 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP129 T00171061 $
TAF
KAOO 
37nm NW 
190529Z 1906/2006 29011G25KT P6SM -SHSN OVC025 FM190800 29011G25KT P6SM OVC025 FM191100 28011G20KT P6SM BKN045 BKN100 FM191800 25015G23KT P6SM OVC100 FM200000 25013G23KT P6SM OVC050
KMRB 
38nm SW 
190526Z 1906/2006 28010KT P6SM SCT045 BKN090 FM191000 29010KT P6SM FEW250 FM191500 27015G24KT P6SM FEW050 BKN120 FM192100 26009G22KT P6SM SCT060 BKN150 FM200300 26008KT P6SM SCT250
KMDT 
42nm E 
190529Z 1906/2006 30019G24KT P6SM FEW045 FEW090 FM191100 29010G23KT P6SM BKN100 FM191900 27012G20KT P6SM OVC100 FM200500 25007KT P6SM SCT250
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