AirNav: N79 - Northumberland County Airport

N79

Northumberland County Airport
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 10 JULY 2025

Location

FAA Identifier:	N79
Lat/Long:	40-50-12.9000N 076-33-08.8000W 40-50.215000N 076-33.146667W 40.8369167,-76.5524444 (estimated)
Elevation:	880.6 ft. / 268.4 m (surveyed)
Variation:	11W (1995)
From city:	3 miles N of SHAMOKIN, PA
Time zone:	UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
Zip code:	17824

Airport Operations

Airport use:	Open to the public
Control tower:	no
ARTCC:	NEW YORK CENTER
FSS:	WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
NOTAMs facility:	IPT (NOTAM-D service available)
Attendance:	MON-FRI 0800-1400, ALL SAT-SUN ON CALL
Wind indicator:	lighted
Segmented circle:	no
Lights:	ACTVT REIL RWY 08 & 26; PAPI RWY 08 & 26; MIRL RWY 08/26 - 121.8.
Beacon:	white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.

Airport Communications

CTAF/UNICOM:	122.8
WX AWOS-3:	119.175 (570-672-0389)
HARRISBURG APPROACH:	118.25
HARRISBURG DEPARTURE:	118.25
WX AWOS-3 at 79PN (8 nm N):	118.075 (570-271-8192)
WX AWOS-3 at ZER (11 nm SE):	127.575 (570-544-2778)
WX ASOS at SEG (14 nm W):	123.975 (570-374-4099)

Nearby radio navigation aids

VOR radial/distance	VOR name	Freq	Var
MIPr164/12.3	MILTON VORTAC	109.20	09W
SEGr088/15.3	SELINSGROVE VOR/DME	110.40	08W
RAVr018/17.1	RAVINE VORTAC	114.60	11W
FQMr171/31.7	WILLIAMSPORT VOR/DME	114.40	09W
HARr046/39.8	HARRISBURG VORTAC	115.35	10W

NDB name		Hdg/Dist		Freq		Var		ID
BELLGROVE		010/24.1		328		10W		BZJ	-... --.. .---

Airport Services

Fuel available:	100LL JET-A
Parking:	tiedowns
Airframe service:	NONE
Powerplant service:	NONE
Bottled oxygen:	NONE
Bulk oxygen:	NONE

Runway Information

Runway 8/26

Dimensions:

3297 x 75 ft. / 1005 x 23 m

Surface:

asphalt, in fair condition

Weight bearing capacity:

Single wheel:

12.5

Runway edge lights:

medium intensity

RUNWAY 8

RUNWAY 26

Latitude:

40-50.133392N

40-50.297303N

Longitude:

076-33.488143W

076-32.806612W

Elevation:

852.5 ft.

880.5 ft.

Traffic pattern:

left

Runway heading:

083 magnetic, 072 true

263 magnetic, 252 true

Markings:

nonprecision, in fair condition

Visual slope indicator:

2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)

Runway end identifier lights:

yes

Touchdown point:

yes, no lights

Obstructions:

17 ft. trees, 330 ft. from runway, 214 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear
RWY 08 TREES/BRUSH 165 L OF CNTRLN PARL TO RWY FROM THLD OUT TO 200 FT.

none

Airport Ownership and Management from official FAA records

Ownership:	Publicly-owned
Owner:	NORTHUMBERLAND CO APT AUTH PO BOX 94 PAXINOS, PA 17860 Phone 570-898-8588 AFT HRS: 570-898-8588
Manager:	RON SMITH PO BOX 94 PAXINOS, PA 17860 Phone 570-898-8588

Additional Remarks

-	FOR CD CTC HARRISBURG APCH AT 800-932-0712.

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 10 July 2025 at 0901Z to 07 August 2025 at 0900z.

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 08 CHANGED		download (264KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26 CHANGED		download (287KB)
VOR RWY 08 CHANGED		download (237KB)
NOTE: Special Take-Off Minimums/Departure Procedures apply		download (243KB)

Other nearby airports with instrument procedures:

8N8 - Danville Airport (8 nm NW)
N13 - Bloomsburg Municipal Airport (11 nm NE)
KZER - Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey Airport (11 nm SE)
KSEG - Penn Valley Airport (14 nm W)
74N - Bendigo Airport (17 nm S)

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Aerial photo
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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 12-Jul-2025

	Local (UTC-4)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	05:13	09:13
Sunrise	05:46	09:46
Sunset	20:37	00:37
Evening civil twilight	21:10	01:10

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	12-Jul-2025 16:29:36
Local (UTC-4)	12-Jul-2025 12:29:36

METAR

KZER 11nm SE	121615Z AUTO 16008KT 7SM BKN007 BKN013 BKN031 24/23 A3016 RMK AO2
KSEG 14nm W	121601Z AUTO 14005KT 10SM BKN020 BKN028 BKN032 27/24 A3008 RMK AO2 T02720239

TAF

KMUI 25nm S	120800Z 1208/1309 12006KT 8000 BR OVC008 QNH3001INS BECMG 1214/1215 12009KT 9999 NSW BKN030 QNH2995INS TX31/1217Z TN20/1211Z LAST NO AMDS AFT 1204 NEXT 1411
KIPT 30nm NW	121129Z 1212/1312 00000KT 5SM BR OVC004 TEMPO 1212/1215 P6SM NSW OVC012 FM121500 00000KT P6SM OVC025 FM121700 16005KT P6SM BKN040 TEMPO 1221/1301 3SM TSRA BR OVC025CB FM130100 00000KT P6SM BKN060 FM130700 00000KT 5SM BR OVC008

NOTAMs

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FBO, Fuel Providers, and Aircraft Ground Support

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Northumberland County Airport

570-672-1321
570-898-8588
[web site]
[email]

Aviation fuel, Aircraft parking (ramp or tiedown), Passenger terminal and lounge, Rental cars, Pilots lounge / snooze room, Public telephone, ...

More info about Northumberland County Airport

independent
	100LL		Jet A
SS		$4.68		$4.50
Updated 09-Jul-2025

2 read write

SS=Self service

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