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N68 Franklin County Regional Airport
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

Location

FAA Identifier: N68
Lat/Long: 39-58-22.6260N / 077-38-35.7640W
39-58.377100N / 077-38.596067W
39.9729517 / -77.6432678
(estimated)
Elevation: 697 ft. / 212.4 m (surveyed)
Variation: 11W (2000)
From city: 3 miles N of CHAMBERSBURG, PA
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 17201

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 07/1970
Sectional chart: WASHINGTON
Control tower: no
ARTCC: NEW YORK CENTER
FSS: WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
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NOTAMs facility: IPT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: UNATTND
Pattern altitude: 1497 ft. MSL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT LIRL RY 06/24 & VASI RY 24 - CTAF.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
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
THSr087/14.4ST THOMAS VORTAC115.0007W
HGRr038/(19.2)HAGERSTOWN VOR109.8007W
HARr243/32.9HARRISBURG VORTAC112.5010W
FDKr348/(35.8)FREDERICK VOR109.0008W
MRBr022/36.5MARTINSBURG VORTAC112.1007W
AOOr132/(36.9)ALTOONA VOR108.8007W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
YORK286/35.425411WEUD . ..- -..

Airport Services

Parking: hangars and 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 fair condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: low intensity
RUNWAY 6  RUNWAY 24
Latitude: 39-58.196350N39-58.558967N
Longitude: 077-38.858767W077-38.332467W
Elevation: 683.0 ft.683.0 ft.
Gradient: 0.1%0.1%
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 059 magnetic, 048 true239 magnetic, 228 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-box VASI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
Obstructions: 25 ft. pole, marked and lighted, 672 ft. from runway, 202 ft. left of centerline, 18:1 slope to clear36 ft. trees, 369 ft. from runway, 214 ft. left of centerline, 5:1 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
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: 26
Single engine airplanes: 25
Multi engine airplanes: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 37/day *
66% local general aviation
32% transient general aviation
2% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 11 January 2008

Additional Remarks

PAJA ON & INVOF ARPT.

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 3 July 2008 at 0901Z and 31 July 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 06   download (249KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 24   download (264KB)
VOR/DME-B   download (233KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (41KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KHGR - Hagerstown Regional Airport-Richard A Henson Field (16 nm S)
N94 - Carlisle Airport (25 nm NE)
02P - Stottle Memorial Heliport (26 nm N)
W35 - Potomac Airpark (29 nm SW)
KFDK - Frederick Municipal Airport (36 nm S)
 
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Area around N68 (Franklin County Regional Airport)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of N68 (Franklin County Regional Airport)
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Sectional chart
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From to N68

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 25-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:3409:34
Sunrise06:0410:04
Sunset20:3000:30
Evening civil twilight21:0001:00

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  26-Jul-2008 02:22:13
Local (UTC-4)  25-Jul-2008 22:22:13
 
METAR
KHGR 
17nm S 
260153Z 15004KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP189 T02440133
TAF
KAOO 
37nm NW 
252336Z 260024 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM1500 22006KT P6SM SCT100 BKN250
KMRB 
38nm SW 
252326Z 260024 00000KT P6SM SKC TEMPO 0912 4SM BR FM1800 20007KT P6SM VCTS BKN040CB
KMDT 
42nm E 
252336Z 260024 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM1500 VRB06KT P6SM SCT250
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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 Franklin County Regional Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Franklin County Regional 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 N68 have stayed at...

Miles Price ($)
AMERIHOST INN SHIPPENSBURG 10.1 62-169
 

Other hotels near Franklin County Regional Airport

Miles Price ($)
COUNTRY INN & SUITES BY CARLSON, CHAMBERSBURG, PA 2.5 150-180
CHAMBERSBURG TRAVELODGE 2.7 55-60
BEST WESTERN CHAMBERSBURG 2.8 50-110
DAYS INN CHAMBERSBURG PA 3.2 67-70
SLEEP INN AND SUITES 3.4 90-147
COMFORT INN CHAMBERSBURG 3.6 70-71
SUPER8 CHAMBERSBURG SCOT AR 3.6 50-55
ECONO LODGE CHAMBERSBURG 4.2 54-85
QUALITY INN & SUITES CHAMBERSBURG 4.3 74-76
RED CARPET INN CHAMBERSBURG 4.3 
FAIRFIELD INN BY MARRIOTT CHAMBERSBURG 4.3 104-129
HAMPTON INN CHAMBERSBURG 4.5 90-115

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 Franklin County Regional Airport

11 in Chambersburg
1 in Shippensburg
 

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