FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 23 MARCH 2023
Location
FAA Identifier: | N47 |
Lat/Long: | 40-15-37.5000N 075-40-15.0000W 40-15.625000N 075-40.250000W 40.2604167,-75.6708333 (estimated) |
Elevation: | 255.6 ft. / 77.9 m (surveyed) |
Variation: | 12W (2010) |
From city: | 2 miles NW of POTTSTOWN, PA |
Time zone: | UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time) |
Zip code: | 19464 |
Airport Operations
Airport use: | Open to the public |
Activation date: | 12/1946 |
Control tower: | no |
ARTCC: | NEW YORK CENTER |
FSS: | WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION |
NOTAMs facility: | IPT (NOTAM-D service available) |
Attendance: | UNATTND |
Wind indicator: | lighted |
Segmented circle: | no |
Lights: | ACTVT MIRL RWY 08/26; REIL RWY 08/26 - CTAF 122.8. |
Beacon: | white-green (lighted land airport) |
Airport Communications
CTAF/UNICOM: | 122.8 |
PHILADELPHIA APPROACH: | 126.85 |
PHILADELPHIA DEPARTURE: | 126.85 |
CLEARANCE DELIVERY: | 118.55 |
WX ASOS at PTW (5 nm E): | 119.425 (610-495-0823) |
WX ASOS at RDG (15 nm NW): | 127.1 (610-372-9863) |
WX AWOS-3T at OQN (17 nm S): | 121.4 ((610) 692-6190) |
WX AWOS-3 at UKT (17 nm NE): | 119.475 (215-538-7610) |
WX AWOS-3 at CKZ (19 nm NE): | 126.325 (215-257-7291) |
WX AWOS-3 at MQS (19 nm SW): | 126.25 (610-384-6132) |
- CLEARANCE DELIVERY PHILADELPHIA APCH TF 800-354-9884.
Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance | | VOR name | | Freq | | Var |
PTWr303/5.6 | | POTTSTOWN VORTAC | | 116.50 | | 09W |
ETXr187/19.2 | | EAST TEXAS VOR/DME | | 110.20 | | 09W |
MXEr009/20.5 | | MODENA VORTAC | | 113.20 | | 09W |
LRPr082/29.7 | | LANCASTER VOR/DME | | 117.30 | | 09W |
FJCr209/29.7 | | ALLENTOWN VORTAC | | 117.50 | | 10W |
ARDr281/34.9 | | YARDLEY VOR/DME | | 108.20 | | 10W |
DQOr005/35.1 | | DUPONT VORTAC | | 114.00 | | 10W |
Airport Services
Fuel available: | 100LL |
Parking: | tiedowns |
Airframe service: | NONE |
Powerplant service: | MINOR |
Bottled oxygen: | NONE |
Bulk oxygen: | NONE |
Runway Information
Runway 8/26
Dimensions: | 2704 x 75 ft. / 824 x 23 m |
Surface: | asphalt, in good condition |
Weight bearing capacity: | |
Runway edge lights: | medium intensity |
| RUNWAY 8 | | RUNWAY 26 |
Latitude: | 40-15.538155N | | 40-15.711323N |
Longitude: | 075-40.518482W | | 075-39.982937W |
Elevation: | 254.3 ft. | | 244.0 ft. |
Traffic pattern: | left | | left |
Runway heading: | 079 magnetic, 067 true | | 259 magnetic, 247 true |
Displaced threshold: | 380 ft. | | no |
Markings: | basic, in good condition | | nonprecision, in good condition |
Visual slope indicator: | PAPI OTS INDEF. | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.75 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, no lights |
Obstructions: | 66 ft. tree, 1120 ft. from runway, 58 ft. right of centerline, 13:1 slope to clear APCH SLOPE 22:1 TO 380 FT DTHR. | | 53 ft. tree, 713 ft. from runway, 317 ft. left of centerline, 9:1 slope to clear 31 FT TREE 102 FT FM RWY END 240 FT RIGHT. |
Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records
Ownership: | Publicly-owned |
Owner: | BOROUGH OF POTTSTOWN 100 E HIGH ST POTTSTOWN, PA 19464 Phone (610) 970-6511 |
Manager: | CURTIS MEYER 1149 GLASGOW ST POTTSTOWN, PA 19464 Phone 267-643-9958 |
Airport Operational Statistics
Aircraft based on the field: | | 50 | Single engine airplanes: | | 46 | Multi engine airplanes: | | 2 | Helicopters: | | 1 | Gliders airplanes: | | 1 |
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Aircraft operations: avg 40/day * | 83% | local general aviation | 17% | transient general aviation | <1% | military | * for 12-month period ending 01 February 2022 | |
Additional Remarks
- | WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT. |
- | FOR SVC AFT HRS CTC ARPT MGR 484-425-6078. |
- | FOR CD CTC PHILADELPHIA APCH AT 800-354-9884. |
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 23 March 2023 at 0901Z to 20 April 2023 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 | |
download (212KB) |
VOR-B | |
download (184KB) |
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply | |
download (278KB) |
Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:
KPTW - Heritage Field Airport (5 nm E)
KRDG - Reading Regional Airport/Carl A Spaatz Field (15 nm NW)
KOQN - Brandywine Regional Airport (17 nm S)
KUKT - Quakertown Airport (17 nm NE)
KCKZ - Pennridge Airport (19 nm NE)
KMQS - Chester County G O Carlson Airport (19 nm SW)
KLOM - Wings Field Airport (20 nm E)
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Aerial photo |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by David Newcomer
Photo taken 04-Feb-2017
from 3,000’ altitude looking south.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 31-Mar-2023
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:22 | | 10:22 |
Sunrise | | 06:49 | | 10:49 |
Sunset | | 19:25 | | 23:25 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:52 | | 23:52 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 31-Mar-2023 20:28:03 |
Local (UTC-4) | 31-Mar-2023 16:28:03 |
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METAR |
KPTW 6nm E | 311954Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM OVC100 14/03 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01390033
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KRDG 15nm NW | 311954Z 19005KT 10SM OVC085 13/04 A3003 RMK AO2 SLP178 T01330044
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KOQN 17nm S | 312015Z AUTO 19006KT 10SM CLR 16/06 A3005 RMK AO2
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KUKT 17nm NE | 312015Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM SCT090 13/02 A3006 RMK A01
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KCKZ 19nm NE | 312015Z AUTO 21004KT 10SM BKN095 14/03 A3006 RMK AO2
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KMQS 19nm SW | 312015Z AUTO VRB06G11KT 10SM CLR 14/06 A3005 RMK AO2
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TAF |
KRDG 15nm NW | 311735Z 3118/0118 19012G20KT P6SM VCSH OVC030 FM010300 20016G26KT 6SM -SHRA OVC030 FM011000 21028G41KT 4SM SHRA BR OVC008 FM011500 23024G36KT P6SM -SHRA BKN035
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NOTAMs |
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