FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 19 MAY 2022
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: | 0900 - 1700 |
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 JET-A |
Parking: | hangars and tiedowns |
Airframe service: | MAJOR |
Powerplant service: | MAJOR |
Bottled oxygen: | LOW |
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 REIL OTS INDEF. | | 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: | JAMES ROUILLER 1149 GLASGOW ST POTTSTOWN, PA 19464 Phone (610) 495-6366 |
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 19 May 2022 at 0901Z to 16 June 2022 at 0900Z.
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures |
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 | |
download (214KB) |
VOR-B | |
download (187KB) |
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 26-May-2022
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:07 | | 09:07 |
Sunrise | | 05:39 | | 09:39 |
Sunset | | 20:20 | | 00:20 |
Evening civil twilight | | 20:52 | | 00:52 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 27-May-2022 00:02:21 |
Local (UTC-4) | 26-May-2022 20:02:21 |
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METAR |
KPTW 6nm E | 262354Z AUTO VRB04KT 2 1/2SM -RA BR OVC019 18/17 A3014 RMK AO2 RAB39 SLP204 P0000 60000 T01830167 10211 20183 56008 $
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KRDG 15nm NW | 262354Z 16012KT 8SM SCT023 BKN029 OVC037 21/17 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP195 T02110167 10222 20206 56010
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KOQN 17nm S | 262355Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM SCT006 OVC014 18/17 A3014 RMK AO2
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KUKT 17nm NE | 262355Z AUTO 16008KT 9SM BKN021 OVC028 20/17 A3013 RMK A01
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KCKZ 19nm NE | 262355Z AUTO 20004KT 9SM OVC019 19/17 A3014 RMK AO2
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KMQS 19nm SW | 262355Z AUTO VRB03KT 2 1/2SM BR OVC005 18/18 A3014 RMK AO2 VIS 2V3
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TAF |
KRDG 15nm NW | 261919Z 2619/2718 17009KT P6SM BKN035 FM270000 16006KT 6SM -DZ BR BKN020 FM270600 VRB04KT 6SM -DZ BR OVC003 FM271400 17007KT 4SM -DZ BR BKN008 FM271600 18009KT P6SM OVC010 FM271700 18010G18KT 6SM -SHRA VCTS OVC010CB
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NOTAMs |
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