Capital City Airport
CXY · KCXY · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania · York County · map
Capital City Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southeast of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 347 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 08/26, is 5,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 97 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 28,749 takeoffs and landings a year. About 16 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KCXY · observed 2:56 pm EDT (18:56 UTC), 5 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 3 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 900 feet, overcast at 1,600 feet
- Weather: mist
- Temperature 57°F (14°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 29.99 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KCXY 111856Z 05005KT 3SM BR BKN009 OVC016 14/13 A2999 RMK AO2 RAE51 SLP158 P0000 T01390128 $
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
4 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground).
- AIRMET ZULU 1C: moderate icing up to 26,000 ft.
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) up to 8,000 ft.
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent LJ35 , 66 nm southeast, 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC): overcast above 500 ft.
- B717 at 800 ft, 4 nm east, 2:13 pm EDT (18:13 UTC): overcast above 800 ft.
- OVC010 at 1,000 ft, 4 nm east, 1:15 pm EDT (17:15 UTC): a routine report.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (PSB, 69 nm northwest), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 6,000 ft: 150° at 58 kt, 13 °C; 9,000 ft: 180° at 42 kt, 9 °C; 12,000 ft: 200° at 36 kt, 5 °C; 18,000 ft: 220° at 38 kt, -7 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA CXY · ICAO KCXY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 347 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,500 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1938
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 5,000 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 3,778 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 76 ft high 1,883 ft from the end
- Runway 26: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, pole 15 ft high 445 ft from the end
- Runway 12: VASI, four boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 37 ft high 515 ft from the end
- Runway 30: VASI, four boxes on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.5 | Capital City |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 134.95 | Capital City |
| Ground | 121.9 | Capital City |
| Approach and departure | 124.1 | Capital City |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Capital City |
| Capital City Rco | 122.2 | Capital City |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 717-216-0264.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 74 |
| multi-engine | 13 |
| jets | 6 |
| other | 4 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 28,749, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 438 |
| general aviation, travelling | 16,071 |
| general aviation, local | 11,615 |
| military | 625 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Harrisburg from the FAA register
53 aircraft are registered to owners in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: 38 piston singles, 5 business jets, 3 drones, 3 balloons, 2 helicopters. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Harrisburg International (4 nm east), Carlisle Airport (15 nm west), York Airport (18 nm south).
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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Harrisburg, by their names on the register:
- Lima Whiskey Flying Club 1 aircraft Lima Whiskey Flying Club is a non-profit flying club based at Capital City Airport in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
10 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 9 for commercial and instrument, 3 for airline transport pilot, 7 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 7 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 17 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 2 training center examiners.
- Denver Allen Gillham private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Skyport Aviation · New Cumberland, PA (1 nm) · (513) 266-2607 · gillham.denver@gmail.com
- Frederick Bernard Parow private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · New Cumber, PA (1 nm) · (717) 615-5938 · fparow@comcast.net
- John Scullion private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Harrisburg International Airport · Middletown, PA (6 nm) · (717) 500-2161 · aeroexaminer@gmail.com
- Mark Giovengo private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manheim, PA (19 nm) · (717) 575-8786 · aerostar86at@yahoo.com
- 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 (24 nm) · (717) 380-6371 · tej_flyer@yahoo.com
- Bruce Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aero Tech · Lititz, PA (26 nm) · (484) 467-9394 · bruce.thompson600@gmail.com
- 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 (26 nm) · (717) 368-4720 · darrenelucas@aol.com
- Peter H Wolfson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lititz, PA (26 nm) · (717) 380-7720 · peterwolfsondpe@gmail.com
All 36 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-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.
- 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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 2 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Prior permission required for hazardous cargo.
- When the control tower closed activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 08; high-intensity runway lights runway 08/26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 and taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- High terrain south runway 12/30. Pattern altitude 1500(1153) conventional.
- And runway 12/30, prior permission required for loads over 100,000 pounds.
- Runway 26 +7 feet road;golf course, +6 feet fence east and south of runway end.
- Runway 08 PAPI unusable beyond 7 degreess right of crs.
- Airport closed to far part 121 aircraft.
- Bird flocks on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Alert: active txy prior to runway 12 relocated thld, no T/O or landing on this surface.
- Use ctn: due to proximity and runway almnt, aircrews have mistaken mdt RWY13/31 for cxy runway 12/30 which is 4 NM west.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Harrisburg 53 aircraft · 38 piston singles, 5 business jets, 3 drones
- Mcshane Family Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Keystone Agricultural Drones LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Gosmartair LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Cjr Wings 2 aircraft in town
- Lima Whiskey Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 12 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 238 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 6,176 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CXY.json.
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 9, 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.