Chanceford Airport
9W8 · Brogue, Pennsylvania · York County · map
Chanceford Airport is a public-use airport owned by Chanceford Aviation LLC, 1 mile south of Brogue, Pennsylvania, 750 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,493 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Chanceford Airport?
Its FAA code is 9W8.
Where is Chanceford Airport?
It is 1 mile south of Brogue, Pennsylvania, 750 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Chanceford Airport?
Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,493 feet long, grass.
Does Chanceford Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Chanceford Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Chanceford Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Hagerstown Regional Aero Club and Shamrock Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Chanceford Airport?
16 pilot examiners and 29 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 Chanceford Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 9W8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Chanceford Aviation LLC
- Elevation
- 750 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, daylight hours
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1962
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,493 × 100 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 10: threshold displaced 476 ft, pole 45 ft high 34 ft from the end
- Runway 28: threshold displaced 200 ft, road 10 ft high 6 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: York Airport (18 nm west), Lancaster Airport (18 nm northeast), Harford County (21 nm southeast), Harrisburg International (24 nm northwest).
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
- Runway 10 displaced thld marked by larger west flush mkrs each side of runway.
- Runway 28 displaced thld marked by larger west flush mkrs each side of runway.
- Runway 10/28 edges and runway ends marked by west flush painted mkrs.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Runway 28 approach ratio 20:1 to displaced thld.
- Road traversing approach end runway 28 is a pvt gravel road with vehicles cntrd by stop signs.
- Runway 28 at west end last 400 feet slopes downward 16 feet.
- No winter SN removal.
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 Brogue from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Brogue, PA as the owner's town.
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:
- Hagerstown Regional Aero Club 1 aircraft · Dallastown, 9 miles away
- Shamrock Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Millersville, 13 miles away
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
16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 16 for private pilot, 15 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 10 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 12 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 5 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 29 aviation medical examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 4 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 68 training center evaluators, 3 training center examiners, 5 administrative pilot examiners.
- Mark Giovengo private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manheim, PA (20 nm) · (717) 575-8786 · [email protected]
- Bruce Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aero Tech · Lititz, PA (22 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 (22 nm) · (717) 368-4720 · [email protected]
- Denver Allen Gillham private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Alliance Aviation · Lititz, PA (22 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 (22 nm) · (717) 380-7720 · [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 (23 nm) · (717) 500-2161 · [email protected]
- Frederick Bernard Parow private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · New Cumber, PA (27 nm) · (717) 615-5938 · [email protected]
- 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 (27 nm) · (717) 380-6371 · [email protected]
All 134 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.
- 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.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- 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 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
- 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
- Hagerstown Regional Aero Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Shamrock Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- 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/9W8.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.