Thermal-G
03G · Erie, Pennsylvania · Erie County · map
Thermal-G is a public-use gliderport, 3 miles west of Erie, Pennsylvania, 1,434 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 1,264 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Thermal-G?
Its FAA code is 03G.
Where is Thermal-G?
It is 3 miles west of Erie, Pennsylvania, 1,434 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Thermal-G?
Its one runway, 07/25, is 1,264 feet long, grass.
Does Thermal-G have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Thermal-G?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Meadville Aero Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Thermal-G?
2 pilot examiners and 2 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The gliderport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 03G
- Kind
- Gliderport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,434 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- around the clock
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 1,264 × 110 ft | Grass, fair |
- Runway 07: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Also here
- gliders
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Erie Intl/Tom Ridge Field (6 nm northwest), Corry-Lawrence Airport (20 nm east), Port Meadville Airport (25 nm south), Northeast Ohio Regional (32 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Erie Intl/Tom Ridge Field (6 nm northwest), Presque Isle Bay Seaplane Base (8 nm north), Presque Isle Seaplane Base (9 nm north), Corry-Lawrence Airport (20 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Pennsylvania · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR only
- Circular hot air balloon launching pad radio controlled model airplane circle.
- Plus 3 hot air balloons.
- Runway marked with white tires.
- Runway marked with white tires.
- 945 feet grass taxiway on east end of runway. 1,000 feet grass taxiway on west end of runway.
- Glider operations on the airport.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Erie from the FAA register
53 aircraft are registered to owners in Erie, Pennsylvania: 42 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 helicopters, 2 business jets, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Meadville Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · Erie, 7 miles away Meadville Aero Club is a flying club based at Port Meadville Airport in Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Repair stations in Erie:
- Cargo Support Services LLC
- Erie Aviation INC Erie Aviation, Inc.
- Lord Corporation
- National Tool Grinding INC
- North Coast Air L L P North Coast Air is an FBO and repair station at Erie International Airport (Tom Ridge Field) in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Companies in the same town as this gliderport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
2 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 2 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 2 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot; 2 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing).
- Lester Ray Zook private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · North East, PA (14 nm) · (814) 460-3408 · [email protected]
- Louis James Nalbone private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Ashville, NY (29 nm) · (716) 679-6938 · [email protected]
All 5 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this gliderport
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this gliderport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this gliderport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Erie 53 aircraft · 42 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 helicopters
- Fundamentals Aircraft Leasing LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Meadville Aero Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Cargo Support Services LLC · repair station
- Erie Aviation INC · repair station
- Lord Corporation · repair station
- National Tool Grinding INC · repair station
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 234 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Pennsylvania 118 landing places
- Pennsylvania 6,181 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/03G.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.