Sunbury Airport
71N · Sunbury, Pennsylvania · Northumberland County · map
Sunbury Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles northeast of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 450 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 3,250 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 71N
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 450 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,250 × 250 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 05: threshold displaced 1,050 ft, trees 72 ft high 131 ft from the end
- Runway 23: trees 75 ft high 335 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Sunbury from the FAA register
11 aircraft are registered to owners in Sunbury, Pennsylvania: 7 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Prior to 1959.
- Mtn 560 feet above ground level.5 MI east aer 23.
- Runway 05 displaced thld marked with white panels.
- Runway 05/23 outlined with white buckets.
- Runway 05/23 outlined with white buckets.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slp.
- Ground hog holes southeast edge of runway.
- Tree lines border north and south sides of the runway and penetrate transitional surface.
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 5, 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.