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N47 Pottstown Municipal Airport
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 18 APRIL 2024

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
PTWr303/5.6POTTSTOWN VORTAC116.5009W
ETXr187/19.2EAST TEXAS VOR/DME110.2009W
MXEr009/20.5MODENA VORTAC113.2009W
LRPr082/29.7LANCASTER VOR/DME117.3009W
FJCr209/29.7ALLENTOWN VORTAC117.5010W
ARDr281/34.9YARDLEY VOR/DME108.2010W
DQOr005/35.1DUPONT VORTAC114.0010W

Airport Services

Fuel available: 100LL
Parking: tiedowns
Airframe service: MAJOR
Powerplant service: MAJOR
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: 
Single wheel: 12.0
Runway edge lights: medium intensity
RUNWAY 8  RUNWAY 26
Latitude: 40-15.538155N40-15.711323N
Longitude: 075-40.518482W075-39.982937W
Elevation: 254.3 ft.244.0 ft.
Traffic pattern: leftleft
Runway heading: 079 magnetic, 067 true259 magnetic, 247 true
Displaced threshold: 380 ft.no
Markings: basic, in fair conditionnonprecision, in fair condition
Visual slope indicator: 2-light PAPI on left (3.75 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, no lights
Obstructions: 68 ft. tree, 1119 ft. from runway, 78 ft. right of centerline, 13:1 slope to clear
APCH SLOPE 22:1 TO 380 FT DTHR.
62 ft. tree, 718 ft. from runway, 305 ft. left of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear
31 FT TREE 106 FT FM RWY END, 238 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
    
Aircraft operations: avg 40/day *
83% local general aviation
17% transient general aviation
<1% military
* for 12-month period ending 14 February 2023

Additional Remarks

WILDLIFE ON & INVOF ARPT.
FOR SVC AFT HRS CTC AMGR.
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 18 April 2024 at 0901Z to 16 May 2024 at 0900Z.

 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26   download (213KB)
VOR-B   download (185KB)
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 of N47 (Pottstown Municipal Airport)
Photo by David Newcomer
Photo taken 04-Feb-2017
from 3,000’ altitude looking south.

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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 25-Apr-2024
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight05:4109:41
Sunrise06:1010:10
Sunset19:5123:51
Evening civil twilight20:2000:20

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  25-Apr-2024 05:05:54
Local (UTC-4)  25-Apr-2024 01:05:54
 
METAR
KPTW 
6nm E 
250454Z AUTO 33004KT 10SM CLR 10/03 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP207 T01000033 402110094 $
KRDG 
15nm NW 
250454Z AUTO 03007KT 10SM CLR 09/03 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP210 T00940028 402110094 $
KOQN 
17nm S 
250455Z AUTO 01007KT 10SM CLR 11/03 A3012 RMK AO2
KUKT 
17nm NE 
250455Z AUTO 02007G12KT 10SM SCT075 SCT100 09/04 A3014 RMK AO2
KCKZ 
19nm NE 
250455Z AUTO VRB05KT 10SM SCT065 OVC100 10/04 A3014 RMK AO2
KMQS 
19nm SW 
250455Z AUTO 01006KT 10SM CLR 10/05 A3013 RMK AO2
TAF
KRDG 
15nm NW 
250106Z 2501/2524 02010KT P6SM SCT250 FM251000 02006KT P6SM SCT250 FM251700 36005KT P6SM SCT250 FM252000 VRB03KT P6SM SCT250
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