FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 21 MARCH 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 |
PTWr303/5.6 | | 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 |
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: | |
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 fair condition | | nonprecision, in fair condition |
Visual slope indicator: | | | 2-light PAPI on left (3.75 degrees glide path) |
Runway end identifier lights: | yes | | yes |
Touchdown point: | yes, no lights | | yes, 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 |
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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 21 March 2024 at 0901Z to 18 April 2024 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 |
WARNING: Photo may not be current or correct
Photo by David Newcomer
Photo taken 04-Feb-2017
from 3,000’ altitude looking south.
Do you have a better or more recent aerial photo of Pottstown Municipal Airport that you would like to share? If so, please send us your photo.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 29-Mar-2024
| | Local (UTC-4) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 06:23 | | 10:23 |
Sunrise | | 06:51 | | 10:51 |
Sunset | | 19:24 | | 23:24 |
Evening civil twilight | | 19:51 | | 23:51 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 29-Mar-2024 07:18:05 |
Local (UTC-4) | 29-Mar-2024 03:18:05 |
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METAR |
KPTW 6nm E | 290654Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM CLR 05/M04 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP121 T00501044
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KRDG 15nm NW | 290654Z AUTO 32009KT 10SM CLR 06/M04 A2989 RMK AO2 SLP128 T00561044
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KOQN 17nm S | 290655Z AUTO 32007KT 10SM CLR 06/M03 A2988 RMK AO2
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KUKT 17nm NE | 290655Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM CLR 05/M04 A2987 RMK AO2
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KCKZ 19nm NE | 290655Z AUTO 32006KT 10SM CLR 05/M05 A2987 RMK AO2
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KMQS 19nm SW | 290655Z AUTO 32012KT 10SM CLR 05/M03 A2989 RMK AO2
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TAF |
KRDG 15nm NW | 290532Z 2906/3006 31010KT P6SM SCT250 WS020/34040KT FM291400 31016G27KT P6SM FEW060 FM300000 30012KT P6SM SKC
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NOTAMs |
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