Philadelphia
9N2 · Essington, Pennsylvania · Delaware County · map
Philadelphia is a public-use airfield, 1 mile south of Essington, Pennsylvania, 0 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 9N2
- Kind
- Airfield · 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
- 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 |
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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 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:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airfield NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airfield.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.