FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 02 JULY 2009
Location
| FAA Identifier: | N79 |
| Lat/Long: | 40-50-12.9230N / 076-33-08.8420W
40-50.215383N / 076-33.147367W
40.8369231 / -76.5524561
(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: | DUSK-DAWN
ACTVT MIRL RY 08/26 AND PAPI RYS 08 & 26 - 121.8. |
| Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
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 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 |
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| MIPr164/12.3 | | MILTON VORTAC | | 109.20 | | 09W |
| SEGr088/15.3 | | SELINSGROVE VORTAC | | 110.40 | | 08W |
| RAVr018/17.1 | | RAVINE VORTAC | | 114.60 | | 11W |
| HZLr256/(21.0) | | HAZLETON VOR | | 109.40 | | 09W |
| FQMr171/31.7 | | WILLIAMSPORT VOR/DME | | 114.40 | | 09W |
| HARr046/39.8 | | HARRISBURG VORTAC | | 112.50 | | 10W |
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: | |
| Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 8 | | RUNWAY 26 |
| Latitude: | 40-50.133383N | | 40-50.297383N |
| Longitude: | 076-33.488117W | | 076-32.806567W |
| Elevation: | 853.3 ft. | | 881.4 ft. |
| Gradient: | 0.9% | | 0.9% |
| Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
| Runway heading: | 083 magnetic, 072 true | | 263 magnetic, 252 true |
| Markings: | nonprecision, in good condition | | nonprecision, 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: | yes | | yes |
| Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
| Obstructions: | 14 ft. trees, 391 ft. from runway, 258 ft. left of centerline, 13:1 slope to clear | | 46 ft. trees, 1808 ft. from runway, 239 ft. right of centerline, 35:1 slope to clear |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
| Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
| Owner: | NORTHUMBERLAND CO APT AUTH
1387 AIRPORT ROAD
PAXINOS, PA 17860
Phone 570-672-2991
AFTER HOURS 570-898-8588 |
| Manager: | RON SMITH
1387 AIRPORT ROAD
PAXINOS, PA 17860
Phone 570-373-5511 |
Airport Operational Statistics
| Aircraft based on the field: | | 23 | | Single engine airplanes: | | 20 | | Multi engine airplanes: | | 3 |
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| Aircraft operations: avg 59/day * | | 58% | local general aviation | | 39% | transient general aviation | | 3% | air taxi | | <1% | military | | * for 12-month period ending 10 November 2008 | |
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 04 June 2009 at 0901Z and 02 July 2009 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
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| GPS RWY 26 | |
download (172KB) |
| VOR OR GPS RWY 08 | |
download (225KB) |
| NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (41KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
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)
KMUI - Muir Army Airfield (Fort Indiantown Gap) (24 nm S)
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| Aerial photo |
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| Sectional chart |
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Sectional chart courtesy of SkyVector.com
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| Airport distance calculator |
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| Sunrise and sunset |
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Times for 05-Jul-2009
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| Morning civil twilight | | 05:08 | | 09:08 |
| Sunrise | | 05:41 | | 09:41 |
| Sunset | | 20:40 | | 00:40 |
| Evening civil twilight | | 21:13 | | 01:13 |
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| Current date and time |
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| Zulu (UTC) | 05-Jul-2009 20:37:11 |
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| Local (UTC-4) | 05-Jul-2009 16:37:11 |
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| METAR |
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KSEG
14nm W | 051953Z AUTO 22003KT 10SM CLR 26/10 A2985 RMK AO2 SLP108 T02560100
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KMUI
25nm S | 051955Z AUTO 20005KT 10SM FEW160 25/09 A2987 RMK AO2 SLP113 T02480090 $
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KIPT
30nm NW | 051720Z 0518/0618 19003KT P6SM SKC FM060200 00000KT P6SM FEW250
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| NOTAMs |
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