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N47

Pottstown Municipal Airport
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 05 DECEMBER 2019

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 -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving 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):	PHONE 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

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
AMBLER		307/19.4		275		12W		ING	.. -. --.

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:

Single wheel:

12.0

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

Runway heading:

079 magnetic, 067 true

259 magnetic, 247 true

Displaced threshold:

380 ft.

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

Obstructions:

53 ft. tree, 774 ft. from runway, 193 ft. left of centerline, 11:1 slope to clear
APCH SLOPE 21:1 TO 380 FT DTHR.

63 ft. tree, 735 ft. from runway, 312 ft. left of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear
27 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 POTTSTOWN, PA 19464 Phone (610) 495-6366

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field:		36
Single engine airplanes:		34
Multi engine airplanes:		1
Helicopters:		1

Aircraft operations: avg 129/day *
74%	local general aviation
26%	transient general aviation
<1%	military
* for 12-month period ending 30 January 2019

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 05 December 2019 at 0900Z to 02 January 2020 at 0900Z.

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26		download (191KB)
VOR-B		download (165KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply		download (278KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

KPTW - Heritage Field Airport (5 nm E)
N10 - Perkiomen Valley Airport (12 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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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 08-Dec-2019

	Local (UTC-5)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:43	11:43
Sunrise	07:14	12:14
Sunset	16:36	21:36
Evening civil twilight	17:06	22:06

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	08-Dec-2019 10:37:52
Local (UTC-5)	08-Dec-2019 05:37:52

METAR

KPTW 6nm E	080954Z AUTO 00000KT 9SM CLR M08/M10 A3052 RMK AO2 SLP336 T10781100
KRDG 15nm NW	080954Z AUTO 32004KT 10SM CLR M06/M08 A3049 RMK AO2 SLP335 T10561078 $
KOQN 17nm S	081015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M04/M08 A3050 RMK AO2
KUKT 17nm NE	081020Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M09/M10 A3049 RMK A01
KCKZ 19nm NE	081015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR M08/M08 A3050 RMK AO2
KMQS 19nm SW	081015Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM CLR M05/M08 A3050 RMK AO2

TAF

KRDG
15nm NW

080540Z 0806/0906 00000KT P6SM FEW250 FM081600 17008KT P6SM SCT250 FM090200 16003KT P6SM BKN130 FM090500 VRB02KT P6SM BKN050

NOTAMs

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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

Business Name

Contact

Services / Description

Fuel Prices

Comments

flyELITE

610-495-6366
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[email]

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	100LL		Jet A
FS		$4.99		$4.35
Updated 05-Dec-2019

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Business Name

Contact

Services / Description

Distance

Comments

Witmer's Aircraft Service

610-323-0320

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