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N47 Pottstown Municipal Airport
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA

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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
PTWr303/5.6POTTSTOWN 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: 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: 
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 good conditionnonprecision, in good condition
Visual slope indicator: PAPI OTS INDEF.2-light PAPI on left (3.75 degrees glide path)
Runway end identifier lights: yesyes
Touchdown point: yes, no lightsyes, 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
    
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 of N47 (Pottstown Municipal Airport)
Photo by David Newcomer
Photo taken 04-Feb-2017
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Sunrise and sunset
Times for 01-Apr-2023
 Local
(UTC-4)
 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:2010:20
Sunrise06:4810:48
Sunset19:2623:26
Evening civil twilight19:5323:53

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  01-Apr-2023 07:24:03
Local (UTC-4)  01-Apr-2023 03:24:03
 
METAR
KPTW 
6nm E 
010654Z AUTO 20007KT 170V230 10SM OVC020 14/11 A2980 RMK AO2 SLP088 T01440106
KRDG 
15nm NW 
010654Z AUTO 19008KT 10SM BKN049 15/11 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP077 T01500106
KOQN 
17nm S 
010655Z AUTO 21008KT 10SM OVC019 15/11 A2979 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N
KUKT 
17nm NE 
010655Z AUTO 21007G13KT 10SM BKN021 OVC047 14/13 A2977 RMK A01
KCKZ 
19nm NE 
010655Z AUTO 21008KT 180V240 10SM OVC020 14/13 A2978 RMK AO2
KMQS 
19nm SW 
010655Z AUTO VRB05G11KT 10SM 14/14 A2979 RMK AO2
TAF
KRDG 
15nm NW 
010537Z 0106/0206 20015G25KT P6SM VCSH OVC040 TEMPO 0107/0108 4SM -RA BR OVC025 FM010800 20019G32KT 6SM -SHRA OVC015 FM011400 22024G37KT P6SM SCT035 FM012100 23022G38KT P6SM VCTS SCT025CB OVC070
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