AirNav: N79 - Northumberland County Airport

N79

Northumberland County Airport
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, USA

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FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 29 OCTOBER 2026

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

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)
RWY 08 PAPI UNUSBL BYD 7 DEG RIGHT OF CNTRLN.

2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
PAPI UNUSBL BYD 8 DEG LEFT & BYD 6 DEG RIGHT OF RWY CNTRLN.

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 29 October 2026 at 0901Z to 26 November 2026 at 0900z.

IAPs - Instrument Approach Procedures
RNAV (GPS) RWY 08		download (269KB)
RNAV (GPS) RWY 26		download (292KB)
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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Area around N79 (Northumberland County Airport)

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Aerial photo
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Sunrise and sunset

Times for 12-Nov-2026

	Local (UTC-5)	Zulu (UTC)
Morning civil twilight	06:22	11:22
Sunrise	06:51	11:51
Sunset	16:50	21:50
Evening civil twilight	17:19	22:19

Current date and time

Zulu (UTC)	12-Nov-2026 14:59:20
Local (UTC-5)	12-Nov-2026 09:59:20

METAR

KZER 11nm SE	121435Z AUTO 11013G20KT 1 1/4SM BR OVC002 08/07 A2953 RMK AO2 P0001 LTG DSNT SW
KSEG 14nm W	121453Z AUTO 34006KT 10SM OVC021 09/08 A2954 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW-NE RAE39 SLP003 P0005 60005 T00890078 58014

TAF

KMUI 25nm S	121100Z 1211/1317 05012KT 9999 VCSH OVC020 QNH2957INS BECMG 1213/1215 04010G15KT 9000 -RA OVC015 QNH2952INS BECMG 1303/1304 30015G25KT 9000 -RA OVC010 QNH2939INS BECMG 1314/1315 29010G20KT 9999 NSW OVC020 QNH2961INS TX13/1217Z TN03/1311Z
KIPT 30nm NW	121257Z 1213/1312 08003KT 5SM -RA OVC025 TEMPO 1213/1214 3SM -TSRA BR OVC020CB FM121500 08005KT 2SM SHRA BR OVC015 FM121800 07007KT 3SM -RA BR OVC015 FM122200 33009KT 6SM -SHRA BR OVC015 FM130500 32010KT 6SM -SHRASN BR BKN015 OVC050

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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		$6.24		$4.50
Updated 30-Oct-2026

2 read write

SS=Self service

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