Grimes Airport
8N1 · Bethel, Pennsylvania · Berks County · map
Grimes Airport is a public-use airport, 2 miles east of Bethel, Pennsylvania, 582 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 11/29, is 2,720 feet of grass. The receiver network heard 5 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Grimes Airport?
Its FAA code is 8N1.
Where is Grimes Airport?
It is 2 miles east of Bethel, Pennsylvania, 582 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Grimes Airport?
Its one runway, 11/29, is 2,720 feet long, grass.
Does Grimes Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Grimes Airport?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including K-Ville Flyers LLC and Appalachian Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Grimes Airport?
15 pilot examiners and 24 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 Grimes Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8N1
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 582 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
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,720 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 11: threshold displaced 250 ft, road 14 ft high 66 ft from the end
- Runway 29: threshold displaced 270 ft, tree 34 ft high 92 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Deck Airport (9 nm south), Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey (14 nm north), Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field (15 nm southeast), Lancaster Airport (22 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Deck Airport (9 nm south), Farmers Pride Airport (9 nm west), Keller Brothers Airport (12 nm south), Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey (14 nm north).
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
- Runways 11 and 29 dthr marked by red discs.
- Runways 11 and 29 marked with white discs.
- Approach slp 22:1 to dthr.
- Approach slp 11:1 to dthr.
- First 700 feet of runway on west end unusable durg ery spring due to wet conditions.
- AD closed sunset to sunrise.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA
No based-aircraft count is published for this airport.
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year
No operations count is published for this airport. The busiest airports and the national picture: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bethel from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Bethel, Pennsylvania: 36 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:
- K-Ville Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Newmanstown, 10 miles away
- Appalachian Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Lebanon, 14 miles away Appalachian Aviators is a flight school based at Keller Bros Airport in Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania.
- Colt Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Lebanon, 14 miles away Lebanon Flying Club is a non-profit flying club established in 1978 and based at Lebanon Airport (M54) in Lebanon, Tennessee.
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
15 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 15 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 12 for flight instructor, 2 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 24 aviation medical examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 1 training center evaluator, 1 aircrew program designee, 2 training center examiners.
- Todd James private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lebanon, PA (12 nm) · (717) 380-6371 · [email protected]
- Mark Christopher Wesley Robinson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Reading Jet Center · Reading, PA (15 nm) · (218) 228-2222 · [email protected]
- Bruce Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aero Tech · Lititz, PA (18 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 (18 nm) · (717) 368-4720 · [email protected]
- Denver Allen Gillham private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Alliance Aviation · Lititz, PA (18 nm) · (513) 266-2607 · [email protected]
- Peter H Wolfson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lititz, PA (18 nm) · (717) 380-7720 · [email protected]
- Mark Giovengo private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manheim, PA (20 nm) · (717) 575-8786 · [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 (27 nm) · (717) 500-2161 · [email protected]
All 53 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- 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.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 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 Bethel 36 aircraft · 36 piston singles
- Golden Age Air Museum 16 aircraft in town
- Golden Age Air Museum INC 2 aircraft in town
- K-Ville Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Appalachian Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Colt Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 233 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 6,188 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/8N1.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 30, 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.