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KPTW Pottstown Limerick Airport
Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 22 OCTOBER 2009

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 -5 (UTC -4 during Daylight Saving 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): 126.325 (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 -. -..- -..-
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: 45 ft. tree, 1001 ft. from runway, 317 ft. left of centerline, 17:1 slope to clear38 ft. trees, 574 ft. from runway, 288 ft. right of centerline, 9:1 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: LIMERICK AVIATION LP
600 HORIZON DR
CHALFONT, PA 18914
Phone 215-997-8850
Manager: MICHAEL D'ARIES
3310 WEST RIDGE PIKE
POTTSTOWN, PA 19464
Phone 610-495-7000

Airport Operational Statistics

Aircraft based on the field: 103
Single engine airplanes: 86
Multi engine airplanes: 11
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 19 June 2009

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 19 November 2009 at 0901Z and 17 December 2009 at 0900Z.
 
IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
GPS RWY 10 **CHANGED**   download (174KB)
GPS RWY 28 **CHANGED**   download (174KB)
LOC RWY 28 **CHANGED**   download (205KB)
VOR/DME-A **CHANGED**   download (156KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply **CHANGED**   download (70KB)

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)
KCKZ - Pennridge Airport (15 nm NE)
KNXX - Willow Grove Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (19 nm E)
N31 - Kutztown Airport (19 nm NW)
  
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From to KPTW

Sunrise and sunset
Times for 04-Dec-2009
 Local
(UTC-5)		 Zulu
(UTC)
Morning civil twilight06:3911:39
Sunrise07:0912:09
Sunset16:3521:35
Evening civil twilight17:0622:06

Current date and time
Zulu (UTC)  05-Dec-2009 01:28:34
Local (UTC-5)  04-Dec-2009 20:28:34
 
METAR
KPTW 050054Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM FEW043 05/01 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP219 T00500006
KUKT 
14nm NE 		050115Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 02/00 A3017 RMK AO1
KLOM 
15nm SE 		050100Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 04/02 A3017 RMK AO1 T00430015
KNXX 
19nm E 		050056Z 00000KT 10SM BKN060 OVC120 05/M02 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP226 T00501022 $
TAF
KRDG 
20nm W 		042339Z 0500/0524 VRB02KT P6SM SCT050 OVC120 FM051200 02006KT P6SM OVC040 FM051600 36010KT 5SM -SN BR OVC015 FM052000 34010KT 1SM -SN BR OVC006
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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Fuel Prices Comments
Penn Airways 610-495-7000
 Aviation fuel

More info about Penn Airways
Phillips 66
100LL Jet A
FS $4.43 $4.40 
 Updated 02-Nov-2009
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FS=Full service
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Where to Eat: Catering, Restaurants, Food shops

 Business Name   Contact    Services / Description  Distance Comments
Airport Restaurant 610-495-7626
 no information available

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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 76-77
STAYBRIDGE SUITES ROYERSFORD VALLEY FORGE 3.6 105-140
DAYS INN POTTSTOWN 5.2 59-80
QUALITY INN POTTSTOWN-LIMERICK 5.3 84-91
COMFORT INN AND SUITES POTTSTOWN 5.6 127-131

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

1 in Royersford
4 in Pottstown
1 in Perkiomenville
1 in Eagleville
14 in King of Prussia
8 in Malvern
2 in Frazer
6 in Exton
5 in Wayne
2 in Montgomeryville
1 in Macungie
1 in West Conshohocken
5 in Plymouth Meeting
5 in Quakertown
3 in West Chester
 

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