FAA INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 20 FEBRUARY 2025
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: | 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: | 29 ft. tree, 329 ft. from runway, 165 ft. left of centerline, 4:1 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 |
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 20 February 2025 at 0901Z to 20 March 2025 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.
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Sunrise and sunset |
Times for 12-Mar-2025
| | Local (UTC-5) | | Zulu (UTC) |
Morning civil twilight | | 05:53 | | 10:53 |
Sunrise | | 06:20 | | 11:20 |
Sunset | | 18:05 | | 23:05 |
Evening civil twilight | | 18:32 | | 23:32 |
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Current date and time |
Zulu (UTC) | 13-Mar-2025 03:16:10 |
Local (UTC-5) | 12-Mar-2025 22:16:10 |
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METAR |
KPTW 6nm E | 130254Z AUTO 09005KT 10SM CLR 06/M04 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP162 T00561039 51022
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KRDG 15nm NW | 130254Z 10012G19KT 10SM CLR 08/M03 A2997 RMK AO2 SLP155 T00781033 51023
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KOQN 17nm S | 130255Z AUTO 09007KT 10SM CLR 06/00 A2999 RMK AO2
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KUKT 17nm NE | 130255Z AUTO 10004KT 10SM CLR 05/M05 A3001 RMK AO2
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KCKZ 19nm NE | 130255Z AUTO VRB04KT 10SM -UP FEW065 05/M04 A3001 RMK AO2
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KMQS 19nm SW | 130255Z AUTO 10010KT 10SM CLR 05/M01 A2998 RMK AO2
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TAF |
KRDG 15nm NW | 121739Z 1218/1318 35005KT P6SM BKN100 FM122000 08007KT P6SM FEW250 FM130500 07007KT P6SM SCT080 FM131000 08006KT P6SM BKN018
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NOTAMs |
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