Pottstown Municipal Airport

Pottstown Municipal Airport
Pottstown Municipal Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: none; FAA LID: N47;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner/Operator	Borough of Pottstown
Serves	Pottstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Elevation AMSL	256 ft / 78 m
Coordinates	40°15′37″N075°40′15″W / 40.26028°N 75.67083°W
Website	www.pottstown.org/...
Map
	N47 Location of Pottstown Municipal Airport in Pennsylvania N47 N47 (the United States)
Runways
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations
Aircraft operations	24,687
Based aircraft	62
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Last updated December 13, 2023

Pottstown Municipal Airport( FAA LID : N47) is a public use airport located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned by the Borough of Pottstown and located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Pottstown's central business district.^[1]

History

20th century

In 1946, John Basco and Charles Novack purchased the land now occupied by the airport. Construction of the buildings began a year later, in 1947, and an Open House was held on September 26, 1948. The airport was originally referred to as Stowe Airport or Basco's Airport. A 2,700-foot (820 m)-long runway was built in 1961, and a parallel taxiway was built in 1965. During the 1980s a business park was added.^[2]

21st century

As part of the federal Airport Improvement Program, the airport began multiple projects over the last few years. In 2003, as part of these initiatives, a new hangar was completed. The fuel farm tanks were refinished in December 2005. The apron and taxiway was repaved in the spring of 2007.^[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Pottstown Municipal Airport covers an area of 63 acres (25 ha ) at an elevation of 256 feet (78 m) above mean sea level. It has one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26 which measures 2,704 by 75 feet (824 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 9, 2008, the airport had 24,687 aircraft operations, an average of 67 per day: 96% general aviation, 4% air taxi and <1% military. At that time there were 62 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single-engine and 3% multi-engine.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for N47 PDF , effective 2009-07-02.
1 2 "In The Spotlight: Pottstown Municipal Airport". Borough of Pottstown website. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-23.

External links

Pottstown Municipal Airport page at Borough of Pottstown website
FAA Terminal Procedures for N47 , effective November 30, 2023
Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for N47
- AirNav airport information for N47
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for N47

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[FAA-1] 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for N47 PDF , effective 2009-07-02.

[spotlight-2] 1 2 "In The Spotlight: Pottstown Municipal Airport". Borough of Pottstown website. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-23.

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