Erie Intl/Tom Ridge Field
ERI · KERI · Erie, Pennsylvania · Erie County · map
Erie Intl/Tom Ridge Field is a public-use airport owned by Erie Regional Arpt Authority, 5 miles southwest of Erie, Pennsylvania, 732 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 8,420 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA ERI · ICAO KERI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Erie Regional Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 732 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 5:00 am to 11:00 pm; weekends, 5:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1938
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 8,420 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 02/20 | 3,508 × 150 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 919 ft, 7,501 ft available for landing, rr 31 ft high 202 ft from the end
- Runway 24: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 7,500 ft available for landing, trees 105 ft high 1,544 ft from the end
- Runway 02: threshold displaced 817 ft, 2,520 ft available for landing, rr 31 ft high 200 ft from the end
- Runway 20: VASI, four boxes on the left, threshold displaced 306 ft, 2,902 ft available for landing, road 17 ft high 200 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.1 | Erie |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Eri and automated weather (ASOS) | 120.35 | Erie |
| Clearance delivery | 126.8 | Erie |
| Ground | 121.9 | Erie |
| Approach and departure · Terminal radar service | 121.0 | Erie |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Erie |
| Waterford and center (remote transmitter) Low | 127.075 | Erie |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 724-252-2105.
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Aircraft registered in Erie from the FAA register
53 aircraft are registered to owners in Erie, Pennsylvania: 42 piston singles, 4 turboprops, 2 helicopters, 2 business jets, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 10 since 1982, 2 fatal
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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 06/24; PAPI runway 06/24; high-intensity runway lights runway 06/24; VASI runway 20; medium-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 02/20 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Approach lights (MALSR) unmon.
- Approach lights (MALSR) unmon.
- +31 feet railroad angles across runway CL +32 feet obstruction lighted pole 106 feet from aer 17 feet RT.
- +21 feet obstruction lighted pole at 8 feet from aer 325 feet R, +15 feet billboard at 189 feet from aer 327 feet R.
- +15 feet road at aer 225 feet R. +9 feet fence 65 feet from runway end 128 feet R.
- Approach ratio 22:1 to dthr for 60 feet trees 459 feet from runway end 29 feet RT.
- Approach ratio 30:1 to dthr for +103 feet trees 2227 feet from runway end 699 feet left.
- Approach ratio 18:1 to dthr; 53 feet trees 680 feet from runway end, 77 feet left.
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Extensive NON-RADIO and ultralight aircraft operates 3.5-5 NM southwest of airport at or below 700 feet above ground level may 1-OCT 31 annually sunrise to sunset.
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.