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N79 Northumberland County Airport
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 JUNE 2008

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
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 ROCKS174/27.334409WPIX .--. .. -..-
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: 40-50.133383N40-50.297383N
Longitude: 076-33.488117W076-32.806567W
Elevation: 853.3 ft.881.4 ft.
Gradient: 0.9%0.9%
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: 14 ft. trees, 391 ft. from runway, 258 ft. left of centerline, 13:1 slope to clear46 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 570-672-2299
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: 31
Single engine airplanes: 25
Multi engine airplanes: 4
Helicopters: 2
    
Aircraft operations: avg 59/day *
58% local general aviation
39% transient general aviation
3% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 02 November 2007

Instrument Procedures

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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
GPS RWY 26   download (172KB)
VOR OR GPS RWY 08   download (225KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums 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)
KMUI - Muir Army Airfield (Fort Indiantown Gap) (24 nm S)
KHZL - Hazleton Municipal Airport (27 nm E)
 
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From to N79

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 25-Jul-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:2609:26
Sunrise05:5809:58
Sunset20:2800:28
Evening civil twilight20:5900:59

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  26-Jul-2008 02:30:20
Local (UTC-4)  25-Jul-2008 22:30:20
 
METAR
KSEG 
14nm W 
260153Z AUTO 00000KT 8SM CLR 18/17 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP177 T01830172
KMUI 
25nm S 
260159Z 00000KT 20SM CLR 20/17 A3008 RMK AO2A SLP185 T01970167 $
TAF
KMUI 
25nm S 
251818 22008KT 9999 FEW050 SCT080 BKN250 QNH3009INS VFR FM2300 VRB04KT 9999 SCT220 QNH3006INS VFR FM0900 19005KT 9000 BR FEW070 SCT250 QNH2998INS VFR BECMG 1416 20009KT 9999 NSW FEW050 SCT080 SCT250 VFR LAST NO AMDS AFT 2519 NEXT 2812
KIPT 
30nm NW 
252336Z 260024 VRB04KT P6SM SKC FM0900 VRB03KT 4SM BR SCT250 TEMPO 1012 1SM BR FM1500 VRB06KT P6SM SCT250
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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
[email]
Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Passenger terminal and lounge, Rental cars, Public telephone, Pilots lounge / snooze room, Restrooms

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