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N79 Northumberland County Airport
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 2024

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: 880.6 ft. / 268.4 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
Control tower: no
ARTCC: NEW YORK CENTER
FSS: WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: IPT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0800-1400, ALL SAT-SUN ON CALL
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: no
Lights: ACTVT PAPI RY 08/26; MIRL RY 08/26 - 121.8.
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Operates sunset to sunrise.

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): 127.575 (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 VOR/DME110.4008W
RAVr018/17.1RAVINE VORTAC114.6011W
FQMr171/31.7WILLIAMSPORT VOR/DME114.4009W
HARr046/39.8HARRISBURG VORTAC115.3510W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
BELLGROVE010/24.132810WBZJ -... --.. .---

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 fair 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.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 083 magnetic, 072 true263 magnetic, 252 true
Markings: nonprecision, 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
Obstructions: 18 ft. trees, 395 ft. from runway, 257 ft. left of centerline, 10:1 slope to clear
RWY 08 TREES/BRUSH 165 L OF CNTRLN PARL TO RWY FROM THLD OUT TO 200 FT.
none

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Publicly-owned
Owner: NORTHUMBERLAND CO APT AUTH
PO BOX 94
PAXINOS, PA 17860
Phone 570-898-8588
AFTER HOURS 570-898-8588
Manager: RON SMITH
PO BOX 94
PAXINOS, PA 17860
Phone 570-898-8588

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 16
Single engine airplanes: 13
Multi engine airplanes: 2
Helicopters: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 63/day *
65% local general aviation
35% transient general aviation
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 21 February 2023

Additional Remarks

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 21 March 2024 at 0901Z to 18 April 2024 at 0900z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 08   download (263KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26   download (287KB)
VOR RWY 08   download (237KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   download (243KB)

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 of N79 (Northumberland County Airport)
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Photo taken 26-May-2017
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 28-Mar-2024
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2810:28
Sunrise06:5610:56
Sunset19:2623:26
Evening civil twilight19:5423:54

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  28-Mar-2024 20:19:46
Local (UTC-4)  28-Mar-2024 16:19:46
 
METAR
KZER 
11nm SE 
281955Z AUTO 32009G16KT 10SM CLR 05/00 A2991 RMK AO2
KSEG 
14nm W 
281953Z AUTO 04006KT 10SM CLR 10/03 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP143 T01000028
TAF
KMUI 
25nm S 
281820Z 2818/2917 32004KT 9999 BKN030 OVC060 QNH2992INS BECMG 2821/2822 33009KT 9999 FEW030 SCT150 QNH2990INS BECMG 2914/2915 31020G28KT 9999 SKC 510053 QNH2985INS TX11/2818Z TNM02/2911Z
KIPT 
30nm NW 
281742Z 2818/2918 35008KT P6SM SCT035 FM290100 33011G20KT P6SM BKN040 FM291400 30010KT P6SM SKC
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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
[web site]
[email]
Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Passenger terminal and lounge, Rental cars, Pilots lounge / snooze room, Public telephone, ...

More info about Northumberland County Airport
independent
100LL Jet A
SS $5.19 $4.65 
 Updated 27-Mar-2024
 
   1 read write
SS=Self service
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