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N79 Northumberland County Airport
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 27 JUNE 2013

Location

FAA Identifier: N79
Lat/Long: 40-50-12.9000N / 076-33-08.8000W
40-50.215000N / 076-33.146667W
40.8369167 / -76.5524444
(estimated)
Elevation: 881 ft. / 268.5 m (surveyed)
Variation: 11W (1995)
From city: 3 miles N of SHAMOKIN, PA
Time zone: UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code: 17824

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: NEW YORK
Control tower: no
ARTCC: NEW YORK CENTER
FSS: WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
FOR PICKUP CLEARANCE TOLL FREE CALL 800-932-0712.
NOTAMs facility: IPT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1800, ALL SAT-SUN ON CALL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: RDO-CTL
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
DUSK-DAWN. ACTVT MIRL RY 08/26 AND PAPI RYS 08 & 26 - 121.8.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.8
WX AWOS-3: 119.175 (570-672-0389)
HARRISBURG APPROACH: 118.25 [0600-0000]
HARRISBURG DEPARTURE: 118.25 [0600-0000]
WX AWOS-3 at 79PN (8 nm N): 118.075 (570-271-8192)
WX AWOS-3 at ZER (11 nm SE): 127.57 (570-544-2778)
WX ASOS at SEG (14 nm W): 123.975 (570-374-4099)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
MIPr164/12.3MILTON VORTAC109.2009W
SEGr088/15.3SELINSGROVE VORTAC110.4008W
RAVr018/17.1RAVINE VORTAC114.6011W
HZLr256/(21.0)HAZLETON VOR109.4009W
FQMr171/31.7WILLIAMSPORT VOR/DME114.4009W
HARr046/39.8HARRISBURG VORTAC112.5010W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
BELLGROVE010/24.132810WBZJ -... --.. .---
HUMBOLT260/26.836610WHXM .... -..- --
PICTURE ROCKS174/27.434409WPIX .--. .. -..-
CARBON284/36.133912WLQX .-.. --.- -..-
CRYSTAL LAKE247/39.641011WCYE -.-. -.-- .

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 8/26

Dimensions: 3297 x 75 ft. / 1005 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Weight bearing capacity: 
Single wheel: 12.5
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Latitude: 40-50.133392N40-50.297303N
Longitude: 076-33.488143W076-32.806612W
Elevation: 852.5 ft.880.5 ft.
Gradient: 0.8% UP
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 083 magnetic, 072 true263 magnetic, 252 true
Markings: nonprecision, in good conditionnonprecision, in good 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
Obstructions: 11 ft. brush, 248 ft. from runway, 240 ft. right of centerline, 4:1 slope to clear
+21 FT TREES, 87 FT FM RY END, 178 FT LEFT.
none

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: NORTHUMBERLAND CO APT AUTH
1387 AIRPORT ROAD
PAXINOS, PA 17860
Phone 570-898-8588
AFTER HOURS 570-898-8588
Manager: RON SMITH
1387 AIRPORT ROAD
PAXINOS, PA 17860
Phone 570-898-8588

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 18
Single engine airplanes: 15
Multi engine airplanes: 3
    
Aircraft operations: avg 58/day *
60% local general aviation
40% transient general aviation
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 26 October 2012

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 25 July 2013 at 0901Z and 22 August 2013 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 08   download (251KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26   download (246KB)
VOR RWY 08   download (215KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply **NEW**   download (149KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

8N8 - Danville Airport (8 nm NW)
N13 - Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (11 nm NE)
KZER - Schuylkill County (Joe Zerbey) Airport (11 nm SE)
KSEG - Penn Valley Airport (14 nm W)
74N - Bendigo Airport (17 nm S)
 
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of N79 (Northumberland County Airport)
Photo by John F. Faust
Photo taken 18-Mar-2010

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 13-Aug-2013
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4609:46
Sunrise06:1510:15
Sunset20:0700:07
Evening civil twilight20:3600:36

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  13-Aug-2013 14:06:24
Local (UTC-4)  13-Aug-2013 10:06:24
 
METAR
KSEG 
14nm W 
131353Z AUTO 18004KT 7SM BKN012 BKN120 22/19 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP087 T02170194 PNO
KMUI 
25nm S 
131358Z AUTO 03002KT 10SM SCT006 OVC017 19/19 A2981 RMK AO2 CIG 006V017 SLP095
TAF
KMUI 
25nm S 
1312/1417 VRB04KT 2400 -SHRA BR BKN004 BKN015 OVC050 QNH2982INS TEMPO 1312/1314 27012G18KT 3200 -TSRA SCT005 BKN015 BKN030CB BECMG 1313/1314 21009KT 6000 -SHRA BR SCT005 BKN015 OVC050 QNH2973INS BECMG 1320/1321 29009KT 9999 NSW SCT035 BKN050 QNH2974INS T27/1320Z T12/1410Z AMD 131200
KIPT 
30nm NW 
131142Z 1312/1412 22007KT P6SM -SHRA SCT025 BKN035 TEMPO 1312/1314 2SM SHRA BR BKN025 FM131600 29008G15KT P6SM SCT030 FM132300 32012G22KT P6SM BKN035
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Northumberland County Airport 570-672-1321
570-898-8588
[email]
Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Passenger terminal and lounge, Rental cars, Public telephone, Pilots lounge / snooze room, Restrooms

More info about Northumberland County Airport
Phillips 66
100LL Jet A
SS $5.45 $4.75 
 Updated 07-Aug-2013
 
   7 read write
SS=Self service
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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

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RED ROOF INN DANVILLE 11.5 55-60
 

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GLOSSER MOTOR INN 1.9 70-71

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Hotels in other cities near Northumberland County Airport

1 in Paxinos
6 in Danville
2 in Selinsgrove
4 in Frackville
5 in Lewisburg
 

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