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Bendigo Airport

74N · Tower City, Pennsylvania · Dauphin County · map

Bendigo Airport is a public-use airport owned by Gene Bendigo & Helen Bendigo Trust, 2 miles south of Tower City, Pennsylvania, 791 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 2,325 feet of asphalt and concrete.

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What is the airport code for Bendigo Airport?

Its FAA code is 74N.

Where is Bendigo Airport?

It is 2 miles south of Tower City, Pennsylvania, 791 feet above sea level.

How long is the runway at Bendigo Airport?

Its one runway, 05/23, is 2,325 feet long, asphalt and concrete.

Does Bendigo Airport have a control tower?

No, it has no control tower.

Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Bendigo Airport?

10 pilot examiners and 17 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 Bendigo Airport…

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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA 74N
Kind
Airport · open to the public · privately owned
Owner
Gene Bendigo & Helen Bendigo Trust
Elevation
791 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
unattended
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
New York sectional
Magnetic variation
11W
In the FAA's files since
December 1949

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0523N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
05/232,325 × 60 ftAsphalt and concrete, goodMedium-intensity lights
  • Runway 05: trees 34 ft high 710 ft from the end
  • Runway 23: VASI, two boxes on the right, threshold displaced 181 ft, tree 23 ft high 441 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9 · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
Approach and departure126.45

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
none reported
Parking
tie-downs

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey (12 nm northeast), Deck Airport (16 nm southeast), Northumberland County (17 nm north), Penn Valley Airport (21 nm northwest).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Farmers Pride Airport (9 nm southeast), Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey (12 nm northeast), Reigle Field (16 nm south), Deck Airport (16 nm southeast).

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

  • Built before 1959.
  • Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency.
  • Closed daily sunset to sunrise.
  • VASI out of service indefinitely.
  • Approach ratio 28:1 to dthr.
  • 160 feet lghtd tower 400 feet north of runway midfield.
  • Rapidly rising trrn 1500 above sea level N-NW of runway 5. MT ridge 1500 above sea level 1 NM south of airport parallel to runway 5/23.
  • Deer and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.

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 Tower City from the FAA register

3 aircraft are registered to owners in Tower City, Pennsylvania: 3 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.

Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.

Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 17 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 3 training center examiners.

All 36 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.
  • DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
  • DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.

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 · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

2017-08-09ERA17LA269 · Rose Herbert D Pietenpol Air Camper N709HR · accident · serious injuries

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.

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/74N.json.

Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.