Shoestring Aviation Airfield
0P2 · Stewartstown, Pennsylvania · York County · map
Shoestring Aviation Airfield is a public-use airport, 3 miles northwest of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, 1,000 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06U/24U, is 1,000 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Shoestring Aviation Airfield?
Its FAA code is 0P2.
Where is Shoestring Aviation Airfield?
It is 3 miles northwest of Stewartstown, Pennsylvania, 1,000 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Shoestring Aviation Airfield?
The longest of its 2 runways, 06U/24U, is 1,000 feet long.
Does Shoestring Aviation Airfield have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Shoestring Aviation Airfield?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Hagerstown Regional Aero Club and Dcs School of Flying LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Shoestring Aviation Airfield?
18 pilot examiners and 29 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Shoestring Aviation Airfield…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 0P2
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,000 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1963
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06U/24U | 1,000 × 100 ft | Grass, good | |
| 15/33 | 1,000 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 06U: trees 54 ft high 396 ft from the end
- Runway 24U: right-hand traffic pattern, crops 10 ft high 12 ft from the end
- Runway 15: right-hand traffic pattern
- Runway 33: threshold displaced 500 ft, trees 27 ft high 113 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: York Airport (13 nm northwest), Carroll County Rgnl/Jack B Poage Field (20 nm southwest), Harrisburg International (24 nm north), Harford County (25 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Chanceford Airport (8 nm northeast), York Airport (13 nm northwest), Donegal Springs Airpark (18 nm north), Carroll County Rgnl/Jack B Poage Field (20 nm southwest).
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 use only.
- Extensive ultralight act on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Displaced 183 feet.
- Runway 06U/24U and runway 15/33 marked with orange patio blocks.
- Approach ratio 15:1 to 410 feet dthr.
- Runway 33 approach ratio 19:1 to dthr.
- Possible crops growing near runway end.
- Major airframe and powerplant rpr for light sport aircraft only.
- Dthrs marked with 3 white pavers each side.
- Runway 15/33 and 06U/24U used for ultralight operations.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Stewartstown from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Stewartstown, Pennsylvania: 8 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport 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:
- Hagerstown Regional Aero Club 1 aircraft · Dallastown, 7 miles away
- Dcs School of Flying LLC 1 aircraft · York, 15 miles away DCS School of Flying is a flight school located at York Airport in Thomasville, Pennsylvania.
Companies in the same town as this airport, 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
18 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 18 for private pilot, 17 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 12 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 14 for airplanes, 9 for multi-engine airplanes, 5 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 29 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 68 training center evaluators, 3 training center examiners, 5 administrative pilot examiners.
- Denver Allen Gillham private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Middletown, PA (24 nm) · (513) 266-2607 · [email protected]
- John Scullion private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Harrisburg International Airport · Middletown, PA (24 nm) · (717) 500-2161 · [email protected]
- Mark Giovengo private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manheim, PA (25 nm) · (717) 575-8786 · [email protected]
- Frederick Bernard Parow private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · New Cumber, PA (26 nm) · (717) 615-5938 · [email protected]
- Bruce Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aero Tech · Lititz, PA (28 nm) · (484) 467-9394 · [email protected]
- Darren Lucas private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Litiz, PA (28 nm) · (717) 368-4720 · [email protected]
- Peter H Wolfson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lititz, PA (28 nm) · (717) 380-7720 · [email protected]
- Jude Gallagher private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); helicopters · Middle River, MD (29 nm) · (315) 767-7707 · [email protected]
All 136 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.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
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 airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Stewartstown 8 aircraft · 8 piston singles
- Sweitz-Air INC 2 aircraft in town
- Hagerstown Regional Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Dcs School of Flying LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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 6,183 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/0P2.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 26, 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.