Airports · Pennsylvania · airfield · FAA file effective October 1, 2026

Nils

96PA · Lock Haven, Pennsylvania · Clinton County · map

Nils is a private airfield, 4 miles northwest of Lock Haven, Pennsylvania, 550 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.

Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.

The airport

Codes: FAA 96PA
Kind: Airfield · private use, permission required · privately owned
Elevation: 550 feet above sea level
Control tower: No control tower
Attended: every day, may to sept
On the chart: Detroit sectional
In the FAA's files since: April 2016

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

Runway	Length × width	Surface	Lights
05W/23W	3,000 × 300 ft	Water

Runway 23W: right-hand traffic pattern

Aircraft registered in Lock Haven from the FAA register

40 aircraft are registered to owners in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania: 36 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airfield; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airfield alone.

Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:

Piper Aviation Museum Foundation 15Lock Haven Aircraft Sales 3Piper Aviation Museum Foundation INC 2

Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airfield NTSB records · 1 since 1982, 0 fatal

1990-06-17NYC90LA133 · Piper Pa-22-135 N3393A · accident · serious injuries

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles

William T Piper Memorial LHV · 4 nm southeast Jersey Shore Airport P96 · 12 nm east Penns Cave Airport N74 · 18 nm south Bellefonte Airport N96 · 22 nm southwest Centre Airpark N16 · 23 nm south State College Regional UNV · 25 nm southwest Williamsport Regional IPT · 26 nm east Upmc Susquehanna Lock Haven Heliport 4PA4 · 3 nm southeast · private

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file

Proponent must coordinate with lhv airport for operating procedures to avoid conflict of VFR traffic patterns.
On request.

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.