Northeast Philadelphia Airport
PNE · KPNE · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Philadelphia County · map
Northeast Philadelphia Airport is a public-use airport owned by the City of Philadelphia, 10 miles northeast of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 120 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 7,000 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 143 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 120,289 takeoffs and landings a year. About 178 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KPNE · observed 11:54 am EDT (15:54 UTC), 30 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 15 knots, gusting to 23
- Visibility 3 miles
- Sky: a broken layer at 900 feet, overcast at 1,400 feet
- Weather: light rain, mist
- Temperature 60°F (16°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 30.19 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 7:27 am EDT (11:27 UTC), good until Mon 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC)
- From Sun 8:00 am EDT (12:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, overcast at 4,500 feet VFR
- From Sun 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): wind from the east at 12 knots, gusting to 18, visibility 5 miles, light rain, overcast at 2,500 feet MVFR
- From Sun 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the east at 14 knots, gusting to 22, visibility 2 miles, rain, mist, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- 30% chance between Sun 12:00 pm EDT (16:00 UTC) and 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): visibility 1 mile, heavy rain, mist IFR
- From Sun 5:00 pm EDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the east at 12 knots, gusting to 22, visibility 2 miles, rain, mist, thunderstorms nearby, overcast at 700 feet (thunderheads) IFR
- From Sun 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 9 knots, visibility 1 mile, light rain, mist, thunderstorms nearby, overcast at 500 feet (thunderheads) IFR
- From Mon 2:00 am EDT (06:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 7 knots, visibility 2 miles, mist, showers nearby, overcast at 500 feet IFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KPNE 111554Z 07015G23KT 3SM -RA BR BKN009 OVC014 16/15 A3019 RMK AO2 SLP224 P0002 T01560150 $
TAF KPNE 111127Z 1112/1212 07010KT P6SM OVC045 FM111300 08012G18KT 5SM -RA OVC025 FM111500 09014G22KT 2SM RA BR OVC007 PROB30 1116/1121 1SM +RA BR FM112100 08012G22KT 2SM RA BR VCTS OVC007CB FM120100 06009KT 1SM -RA BR VCTS OVC005CB FM120600 03007KT 2SM BR VCSH OVC005
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
1 warning in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to cig blw 010 vis blw 3sm pcpn br fg).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent BCS3 at 2,000 ft, 42 nm southeast, 11:24 am EDT (15:24 UTC): sa.
- urgent E55P at 600 ft, 79 nm southwest, 9:29 am EDT (13:29 UTC): overcast above 600 ft.
- urgent BE55 at 900 ft, 91 nm southwest, 11:54 am EDT (15:54 UTC): light turbulence, a broken layer above 900 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (ACY, 42 nm southeast), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 130° at 41 kt; 6,000 ft: 140° at 29 kt, 10 °C; 9,000 ft: 170° at 30 kt, 9 °C; 12,000 ft: 190° at 29 kt, 5 °C; 18,000 ft: 240° at 33 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 PNE · ICAO KPNE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Philadelphia
- Elevation
- 120 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1938
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 7,000 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 4,999 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 498 ft, 6,502 ft available for landing, trees 59 ft high 1,524 ft from the end
- Runway 24: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 6,102 ft available for landing, trees 68 ft high 2,273 ft from the end
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 41 ft high 1,023 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 44 ft high 1,472 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 126.9 | Northeast Philadelphia |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 121.15 | Northeast Philadelphia |
| Clearance delivery | 127.25 | Northeast Philadelphia |
| Ground | 121.7 | Northeast Philadelphia |
| Approach and departure | 123.8 | Northeast Philadelphia |
| North Philadelphia Rco | 122.2 | North Philadelphia |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 215-897-9068.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 90 |
| multi-engine | 28 |
| jets | 17 |
| helicopters | 8 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 120,289, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 3 |
| air taxi and commuter | 4,926 |
| general aviation, travelling | 41,229 |
| general aviation, local | 74,050 |
| military | 81 |
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 Philadelphia from the FAA register
152 aircraft are registered to owners in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 71 piston singles, 42 helicopters, 13 piston twins, 10 business jets, 6 turboprops. 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
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Penn'S Landing Heliport (11 nm southwest), South Jersey Regional (11 nm southeast), Wings Field (12 nm west).
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 Philadelphia, by their names on the register:
- Tailwinds Academy of Aviation 1 aircraft
Repair stations in Philadelphia:
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
17 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 17 for private pilot, 15 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 14 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 11 for multi-engine airplanes, 3 for helicopters, 1 for gliders, 1 for balloons. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 41 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 76 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Robert Valentine Drapala private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Mount Holly, NJ (11 nm) · (609) 346-2416 · aerial12@verizon.net
- Andrew Colin Quinn private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Trenton, NJ (15 nm) · (609) 847-1240 · andyad313@gmail.com
- Roger Geoffrey Woods private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Philadelphia, PA (16 nm) · (267) 216-6207 · rogerwoods555@hotmail.com
- Ryan David Tollini private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Perkasie, PA (22 nm) · (215) 704-2446 · ryantollini@comcast.net
- John W Beck private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Princeton Airport · Princeton, NJ (23 nm) · (908) 512-9039 · john@usac.com
- Robert Armindo Miranda private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · TriState Aviation · Hillsborough, NJ (29 nm) · (973) 670-6343 · bmirandadpe@gmail.com
- Michael Joseph Mcintyre private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Sky Manor Airport · Pittstown, NJ (30 nm) · (215) 740-6657 · mjm4470@yahoo.com
- Emelia Bernava private pilot, commercial pilot, military competency; balloons · Forked River, NJ (37 nm) · (609) 693-0044 · dreamworks.lta@verizon.net
All 154 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 24 since 1982, 4 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
- Turbojet aircraft are confined to full length runway 6/24 unless strong winds dictate otherwise.
- When the control tower closed high-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 preset med intst, to incrs intst and activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 24 - the common traffic frequency
- Runway 15 is noise sensitive. Runway 15 arrivals are requested to fly at or above glide path.
- Airport closed to part 121 air carrier and part 135 scheduled service.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Pattern altitude aircraft less than 12500 pounds 1120 above sea level; aircraft 12500 pounds or more and all turbojet and turbine pwrd aircraft 1620 above sea level; rotary wing aircraft 920 above sea level.
- Be alert for airport vehicles when tower closed.
- Be alert: 3 large brightly lit jumbotron signs approximately 3 miles northeast of aer 24. These signs may cause visual illusions during an approach or missed approach. Pilots be at advised.
- Taxiway L3 safety area non standard.
- Taxiway J1 non movement area.
- Compass rose not for pub use.
- Taxiway J between taxiway G and helicopter apn is non mov area.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Philadelphia 152 aircraft · 71 piston singles, 42 helicopters, 13 piston twins
- Leonardo Helicopters US CORP 26 aircraft in town
- Keystone Aerial Surveys INC 19 aircraft in town
- Agustawestland Philadelphia CORP 9 aircraft in town
- Fortnight Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Tailwinds Academy of Aviation 1 aircraft · flight school
- Leonardo Helicopters U.S. Corporation · repair station
- Sas Pennsylvania INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 24 since 1982 · 4 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/PNE.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.