Philadelphia Seaplane Base
9N2 · Essington, Pennsylvania · Delaware County · map
Philadelphia Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base, 1 mile south of Essington, Pennsylvania, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
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What is the airport code for Philadelphia Seaplane Base?
Its FAA code is 9N2.
Where is Philadelphia Seaplane Base?
It is 1 mile south of Essington, Pennsylvania, 0 feet above sea level.
Does Philadelphia Seaplane Base have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Philadelphia Seaplane Base?
6 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Tailwinds Academy of Aviation and Daedalus Flight School INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Philadelphia Seaplane Base?
18 pilot examiners and 39 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
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The seaplane base facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 9N2
- Kind
- Seaplane base · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 0 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 300 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11W/29W | 9,100 × 250 ft | Water |
- Runway 11W: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this seaplane base.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Philadelphia International (3 nm east), Penn'S Landing Heliport (9 nm northeast), Cross Keys Airport (15 nm southeast), Brandywine Regional (15 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Philadelphia International (3 nm east), Cross Keys Airport (15 nm southeast), Brandywine Regional (15 nm northwest), Wings Field (17 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
- VFR use only
- Transient traffic contact phl approach control for traffic adzys.
- Check phl tca chart for landing area.
- No night operations.
- Debris in the vicinity of gravel ramp.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Essington from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Essington, Pennsylvania: 2 drones, 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this seaplane base; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this seaplane base 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:
- Tailwinds Academy of Aviation 1 aircraft · Philadelphia, 3 miles away
- Daedalus Flight School INC 2 aircraft · P. Fokaia, 4 miles away Daedalus Aerospace provides on-demand online courses in flight test planning, execution, risk management, and data analytics for aerospace professionals.
- Havertown Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Havertown, 8 miles away
- Main Line Flight School LLC 3 aircraft · Haverford, 10 miles away
- South Jersey Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Haddonfield, 14 miles away Jersey Aero Club is a member-owned flying club established in 1938, based at Lakewood Airport (N12) in Lakewood, New Jersey.
- Boyertown Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Devon, 15 miles away
Companies in the same town as this seaplane base, 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, 16 for commercial and instrument, 8 for airline transport pilot, 14 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 9 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 39 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 76 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Roger Geoffrey Woods private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Philadelphia, PA (3 nm) · (267) 216-6207 · [email protected]
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · New Garden Airport N57 · Toughkenamon, PA (22 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
- Robert Valentine Drapala private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Mount Holly, NJ (22 nm) · (609) 346-2416 · [email protected]
- David Nelson Burton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Millville, NJ (31 nm) · (609) 247-0453 · [email protected]
- Ryan David Tollini private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Perkasie, PA (32 nm) · (215) 704-2446 · [email protected]
- Andrew Colin Quinn private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Trenton, NJ (34 nm) · (609) 847-1240 · [email protected]
- John W Beck private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Princeton Airport · Princeton, NJ (42 nm) · (908) 512-9039 · [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 (44 nm) · (218) 228-2222 · [email protected]
All 154 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 seaplane base
Accidents and incidents at or near this seaplane base NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this seaplane base.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Essington 3 aircraft · 2 drones, 1 piston singles
- Dragonfly Pictures INC 2 aircraft in town
- Tailwinds Academy of Aviation 1 aircraft · flight school
- Daedalus Flight School INC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Havertown Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- 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 6,186 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/9N2.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.