AirNav: 8PS3 - Empire Heliport

8PS3

Empire Heliport
Taylor, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	8PS3
Lat/Long:	41-23-40.2840N 075-44-05.6920W 41-23.671400N 075-44.094867W 41.3945233,-75.7349144 (estimated)
Elevation:	900 ft. / 274 m (estimated)
Variation:	12W (1985)
Time zone:	UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	18518

Heliport Operations

Heliport use:	Private use. Permission required prior to landing
Activation date:	02/1988
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	NEW YORK CENTER
FSS:	WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
Attendance:	MON-SAT 0600-1700
Wind indicator:	lighted
Segmented circle:	no
Lights:	ACTVT PERIMETER LGTS AND LGTD WIND SOCK - 123.075.

Heliport Communications

UNICOM:	122.975
WX ASOS at AVP (3 nm S):	PHONE 570-456-5433

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance		VOR name		Freq		Var
LVZr354/7.6		WILKES-BARRE VORTAC		111.60		10W

Heliport Services

Fuel available:

Runway Information

Helipad H1

Dimensions:	100 x 100 ft. / 30 x 30 m
Surface:	asphalt/concrete
Runway edge lights:	PERI AND FLOOD LGTS.
Latitude:	41-23.671400N
Longitude:	075-44.094867W
Elevation:	900.0 ft.
Traffic pattern:	left	left

Heliport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Privately-owned
Owner:	EMPIRE SANITARY LANDFILL INC 398 S. KEYSER ROAD TAYLOR, PA 18517 Phone 717-562-1600
Manager:	JAMES MAC CONNELL 398 S. KEYSER ROAD TAYLOR, PA 18517 Phone 717-562-1600

Additional Remarks

-	FOR CD CTC WILKES-BARRE APCH AT 570-655-2084.

Instrument Procedures

There are no published instrument procedures at 8PS3.

Some nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KAVP - Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (3 nm S)
KWBW - Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport (8 nm SW)
9N3 - Seamans Field Airport (12 nm N)
KMPO - Pocono Mountains Regional Airport (22 nm SE)
N30 - Cherry Ridge Airport (23 nm E)

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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 16-Jul-2025

	Local (UTC-4)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:12	09:12
Sunrise	05:44	09:44
Sunset	20:34	00:34
Evening civil twilight	21:06	01:06

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	16-Jul-2025 09:05:55
Local (UTC-4)	16-Jul-2025 05:05:55

METAR

KAVP
4nm S

160854Z 11004KT 10SM CLR 21/20 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP178 T02060200 55001

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