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KPTW Pottstown Limerick Airport
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 17 DECEMBER 2009

Location

FAA Identifier: PTW
Lat/Long: 40-14-22.4300N / 075-33-24.1100W
40-14.373833N / 075-33.401833W
40.2395639 / -75.5566972
(estimated)
Elevation: 309 ft. / 94.2 m (surveyed)
Variation: 12W (1990)
From city: 3 miles E of POTTSTOWN, PA
Time zone: UTC -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving Time)
Zip code: 19464

Airport Operations

Airport use: Open to the public
Activation date: 04/1938
Sectional chart: NEW YORK
Control tower: no
ARTCC: NEW YORK CENTER
FSS: WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility: PTW (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance: MON-FRI 0600-2100, ALL SAT-SUN 0800-DUSK
Wind indicator: lighted
Segmented circle: yes
Lights: DUSK-DAWN
Beacon: white-green (lighted land airport)
Landing fee: yes

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM: 122.7
WX ASOS: 119.425 (610-495-0823)
PHILADELPHIA APPROACH: 126.85
PHILADELPHIA DEPARTURE: 126.85
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: 118.55
WX AWOS-3 at UKT (14 nm NE): 119.475 (215-538-7610)
WX AWOS-3 at LOM (15 nm SE): 118.925 (215-646-1068)
WX AWOS-3 at OQN (15 nm S): 121.4 (610-692-6190)
WX AWOS-3 at CKZ (15 nm NE): 126.325 (215-257-7291)
  • CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHILADELPHIA APCH TF 800-354-9884.

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance  VOR name  Freq  Var
PTWr018/1.1POTTSTOWN VORTAC116.5009W
CKZr245/15.3PENNRIDGE VOR/DME108.8512W
MXEr024/20.0MODENA VORTAC113.2009W
ETXr173/21.3EAST TEXAS VOR/DME110.2009W
PNEr301/(26.8)NORTH PHILADELPHIA VOR112.0010W
FJCr199/29.6ALLENTOWN VORTAC117.5010W
ARDr278/29.7YARDLEY VOR/DME108.2010W
DQOr014/33.8DUPONT VORTAC114.0010W
LRPr087/34.4LANCASTER VORTAC117.3009W
OODr352/38.0WOODSTOWN VORTAC112.8010W

 
NDB name  Hdg/Dist  Freq  Var  ID
AMBLER310/14.227511WING .. -. --.
QUAKERTOWN239/16.320812WUKT ..- -.- -
WILLOW GROVE291/19.138812WNXX -. -..- -..-
CARBON177/35.633912WLQX .-.. --.- -..-

Airport Services

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

Runway Information

Runway 10/28

Dimensions: 3371 x 75 ft. / 1027 x 23 m
Surface: asphalt, in good condition
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 10  RUNWAY 28
Latitude: 40-14.345333N40-14.402333N
Longitude: 075-33.762167W075-33.041500W
Elevation: 307.2 ft.302.6 ft.
Gradient: 0.5%0.5%
Traffic pattern: leftright
Runway heading: 096 magnetic, 084 true276 magnetic, 264 true
Displaced threshold: no200 ft.
Markings: basic, 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
Instrument approach: LOCALIZER
Obstructions: 45 ft. tree, 1001 ft. from runway, 317 ft. left of centerline, 17:1 slope to clear38 ft. trees, 574 ft. from runway, 288 ft. right of centerline, 9:1 slope to clear
+10 FT ROAD 0-200 FT FM THLD. +6 FT SIGN 214 FT LEFT OF THLD.

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership: Privately-owned
Owner: LIMERICK AVIATION LP
600 HORIZON DR
CHALFONT, PA 18914
Phone 215-997-8850
Manager: MICHAEL D'ARIES
3310 WEST RIDGE PIKE
POTTSTOWN, PA 19464
Phone 610-495-7000

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 103
Single engine airplanes: 86
Multi engine airplanes: 11
Jet airplanes: 2
Helicopters: 2
Gliders airplanes: 1
Ultralights: 1
    
Aircraft operations: avg 102/day *
63% local general aviation
20% transient general aviation
17% air taxi
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 19 June 2009

Additional Remarks

- LGTD & MKD 507' AGL (769' MSL) STACK 6000' W OF RY 10.
- BIRDS & DEER ON & INVOF ARPT.
- ARPT PERMLY CLSD TO ACFT 13500 LBS & OVER.

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 14 January 2010 at 0901Z and 11 February 2010 at 0900Z.
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 10 **CHANGED**   download (174KB)
GPS RWY 28 **CHANGED**   download (174KB)
LOC RWY 28 **CHANGED**   download (205KB)
VOR/DME-A **CHANGED**   download (155KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply **CHANGED**   download (70KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

N47 - Pottstown Municipal Airport (5 nm W)
N10 - Perkiomen Valley Airport (6 nm E)
KUKT - Quakertown Airport (14 nm NE)
KLOM - Wings Field Airport (15 nm SE)
KOQN - Brandywine Airport (15 nm S)
KCKZ - Pennridge Airport (15 nm NE)
KNXX - Willow Grove Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (19 nm E)
  
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Aerial photo
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Aerial photo of KPTW (Pottstown Limerick Airport)
Photo by David Newcomer
Photo taken 07-Jan-2010
looking SW from 4,500' altitude.
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Sectional chart

 
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From to KPTW

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 09-Feb-2010
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3611:36
Sunrise07:0412:04
Sunset17:2922:29
Evening civil twilight17:5722:57

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  09-Feb-2010 22:04:33
Local (UTC-5)  09-Feb-2010 17:04:33
 
METAR
KPTW 092154Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW065 03/M07 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T00331072
KUKT 
14nm NE 		092155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 02/M07 A2988 RMK AO1
KLOM 
15nm SE 		092140Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM CLR 03/M06 A2989 RMK AO1 T00301062
KNXX 
19nm E 		092156Z 07004KT 10SM OVC100 02/M07 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP134 T00221072 $
TAF
KRDG 
20nm W 		092001Z 0920/1018 VRB03KT P6SM OVC100 FM092300 VRB03KT 6SM -SN OVC030 FM100100 12005KT 2SM -SN BR OVC010 FM100300 09005KT 1SM -SN OVC007 FM100700 04008KT 3/4SM -SN OVC004 FM101400 34012G22KT 1/2SM SN BLSN OVC004
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Penn Airways 610-495-7000
 Aviation fuel

More info about Penn Airways
Phillips 66
100LL Jet A
FS $4.55 $4.45 
 Updated 12-Jan-2010
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FS=Full service
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Where to Eat: Catering, Restaurants, Food shops

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Distance Comments
Airport Restaurant 610-495-7626
 no information available

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Where to Stay: Hotels, Motels, Resorts, B&Bs, Campgrounds

 In this space we feature lodging establishments that are convenient to the Pottstown Limerick Airport. If your hotel/inn/B&B/resort is near the Pottstown Limerick Airport, provides convenient transportation, or is otherwise attractive to pilots, flight crews, and airport users, consider listing it here.  
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Hotels near Pottstown Limerick Airport

Miles Price ($)
BEST WESTERN POTTSTOWN INN 3.4 76-77
STAYBRIDGE SUITES ROYERSFORD VALLEY FORGE 3.6 105-140
DAYS INN POTTSTOWN 5.2 59-80
QUALITY INN POTTSTOWN-LIMERICK 5.3 84-91
COMFORT INN AND SUITES POTTSTOWN 5.6 127-131

Distances are approximate, and may vary depending on the actual route traveled and the location of the travel start on the airport. 		    

Hotels in other cities near Pottstown Limerick Airport

1 in Royersford
4 in Pottstown
1 in Perkiomenville
1 in Eagleville
14 in King of Prussia
8 in Malvern
2 in Frazer
6 in Exton
5 in Wayne
2 in Montgomeryville
1 in Macungie
1 in West Conshohocken
5 in Plymouth Meeting
5 in Quakertown
3 in West Chester
 

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