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N79 Northumberland County Airport
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 AUGUST 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 19 September 2013 at 0901Z and 17 October 2013 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 08 **CHANGED**   download (252KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 **CHANGED**   download (250KB)
VOR RWY 08 **CHANGED**   download (219KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply   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)
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Photo taken 18-Mar-2010

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 16-Oct-2013
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:5210:52
Sunrise07:2011:20
Sunset18:2422:24
Evening civil twilight18:5222:52

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  16-Oct-2013 21:48:32
Local (UTC-4)  16-Oct-2013 17:48:32
 
METAR
KSEG 
14nm W 
161953Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM SCT023 18/13 A2995 RMK AO2 SLP140 T01780128
KMUI 
25nm S 
161958Z AUTO 03002KT 10SM OVC020 17/14 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP151 T01740136 $
TAF
KMUI 
25nm S 
1619/1801 17009KT 9999 BKN015 OVC150 QNH2994INS BECMG 1703/1704 17006KT 6000 BR BKN010 BKN050 OVC100 QNH2993INS BECMG 1706/1707 19006KT 4800 BR OVC010 QNH2990INS BECMG 1713/1714 30009KT 9999 NSW BKN030 BKN100 QNH2975INS BECMG 1723/1724 VRB06KT 9000 -RA OVC010 QNH2974INS T21/1720Z T11/1711Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 1704 NEXT 1711
KIPT 
30nm NW 
161731Z 1618/1718 14005KT P6SM VCSH SCT030 OVC090 FM170500 VRB03KT 6SM BR BKN025 FM170900 00000KT 4SM -DZ BR OVC012 TEMPO 1710/1712 2SM BR OVC004 FM171500 VRB03KT 6SM BR SCT025 OVC100
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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
independent
100LL Jet A
SS $5.19 $4.75 
 Updated 08-Oct-2013
 
   7 read write
SS=Self service
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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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