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KPTW Pottstown Limerick Airport
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 25 SEPTEMBER 2008

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 -4 (UTC -5 during Standard 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): 108.85 (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 -. -..- -..-
DOYLESTOWN264/20.723710WDYL -.. -.-- .-..
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: 39 ft. brush, 985 ft. from runway, 301 ft. left of centerline, 20:1 slope to clear35 ft. trees, 580 ft. from runway, 283 ft. right of centerline, 10:1 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: EXELON GENERATION COMPANY LLC
LGS SANATOGA ROAD
POTTSTOWN, PA 19464
Phone 610-718-3075
Manager: MICHAEL D'ARIES
3310 WEST RIDGE PIKE
POTTSTOWN, PA 19464
Phone 610-495-7000

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 98
Single engine airplanes: 84
Multi engine airplanes: 8
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 12 June 2008

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 25 September 2008 at 0901Z and 23 October 2008 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 10   download (173KB)
GPS RWY 28   download (172KB)
LOC RWY 28   download (204KB)
VOR/DME-A   download (160KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums apply   download (41KB)

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)
 
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From to KPTW

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 12-Oct-2008
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:4410:44
Sunrise07:1211:12
Sunset18:2522:25
Evening civil twilight18:5322:53

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  12-Oct-2008 12:16:41
Local (UTC-4)  12-Oct-2008 08:16:41
 
METAR
KPTW 121154Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 07/06 A3053 RMK AO2 SLP335 60001 70001 T00720061 10083 20061 53016
KUKT 
14nm NE 
121200Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 06/05 A3052 RMK A01 P000
KLOM 
15nm SE 
121200Z AUTO 00000KT 5SM CLR 05/ A3051 RMK AO2
KNXX 
19nm E 
121156Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 09/07 A3052 RMK AO2 SLP343 T00940067 10117 20078 53014 $
TAF
KNXX 
19nm E 
120909 VRB03KT 9999 SKC QNH3044INS BECMG 1517 07005KT FEW250 QNH3047INS BECMG 2022 VRB03KT BKN200 QNH3042INS AUTOMATED SENSOR METWATCH 1209 TIL 1210 T23/19Z T09/09Z
KRDG 
20nm W 
121121Z 121212 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM1500 05005KT P6SM SKC FM1800 14005KT P6SM FEW250 FM2300 00000KT P6SM FEW250
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Penn Airways 610-495-7000
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FS 
100LL 
$6.10 
Jet A 
$5.93 
 Updated 26-Sep-2008
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Where to Eat: Catering, Restaurants, Food shops

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Distance Comments
Airport Restaurant 610-495-7626
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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 3.4 100-101
DAYS INN POTTSTOWN 5.2 51-70
QUALITY INN POTTSTOWN 5.3 100-102
COMFORT INN POTTSTOWN 5.6 113-122

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

4 in Pottstown
1 in Eagleville
12 in King of Prussia
6 in Malvern
2 in Frazer
4 in Exton
5 in Wayne
2 in Montgomeryville
1 in West Conshohocken
5 in Plymouth Meeting
3 in Quakertown
2 in West Chester
 

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