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Sunbury Seaplane Base

H11 · Sunbury, Pennsylvania · Northumberland County · map

Sunbury Seaplane Base is a public-use seaplane base, 3 miles northeast of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 430 feet above sea level. It has 1 water landing area.

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What is the airport code for Sunbury Seaplane Base?

Its FAA code is H11.

Where is Sunbury Seaplane Base?

It is 3 miles northeast of Sunbury, Pennsylvania, 430 feet above sea level.

Does Sunbury Seaplane Base have a control tower?

No, it has no control tower.

Are there flight schools at Sunbury Seaplane Base?

One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Aeropenn Aviation Academy LLC. Compare them

Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Sunbury Seaplane Base?

11 pilot examiners and 13 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 H11
Kind
Seaplane base · open to the public · privately owned
Elevation
430 feet above sea level
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
June to August, IREG, daylight hours
Fuel and services
no fuel reported; the services card below
On the chart
New York sectional
Magnetic variation
12W
In the FAA's files since
July 1996

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

07W25WN1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
07W/25W5,000 × 250 ftWater
  • Runway 25W: right-hand traffic pattern

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF)122.9

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
none reported
Repairs
airframe and engine: minor repairs
Parking
tie-downs
Also here
flight instruction

Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Penn Valley Airport (8 nm southwest), Northumberland County (9 nm southeast), Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey (20 nm southeast), Williamsport Regional (21 nm northwest).

Nearest fields reporting avgas: Penn Valley Airport (8 nm southwest), Northumberland County (9 nm southeast), Bloomsburg Municipal (14 nm east), Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey (20 nm southeast).

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

  • Provided spb used for daylight operations only; coordination of proposed landing area with those agencies who havecontrol or jurisdiction over the waterways;
  • 850 feet above sea level ridge line parallel to runway south side.
  • Extreme caution maintained to insure mutual safety of boaters and flight operations; coordination be made with Sunbury airport on the common traffic frequency 122.9 to assure adequate separation of operations; and largest class of aircraft recommended is single engine.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Sunbury from the FAA register

11 aircraft are registered to owners in Sunbury, Pennsylvania: 7 piston singles, 2 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 1 piston twin, 1 business jet. 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.

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:

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

11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 10 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 8 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 13 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 3 training center examiners.

All 29 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.
  • DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
  • DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
  • DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.

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.

Connections how this seaplane base links to the rest of the register

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The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/H11.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 28, 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.