York Airport
THV · KTHV · York, Pennsylvania · York County · map
York Airport is a public-use airport owned by York Airport Properties, 7 miles southwest of York, Pennsylvania, 495 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 5,188 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KTHV · observed 2:53 pm EDT (18:53 UTC), 8 minutes ago
IFR instrument conditions
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: overcast at 600 feet
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.97 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 KTHV 111853Z AUTO 10SM OVC006 15/14 A2997 RMK AO2 RAE50 CIG 004V008 SLP151 P0002 T01500139
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
3 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.
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent LJ35 , 60 nm east, 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC): overcast above 500 ft.
- B717 at 800 ft, 17 nm north, 2:13 pm EDT (18:13 UTC): overcast above 800 ft.
- OVC010 at 1,000 ft, 17 nm north, 1:15 pm EDT (17:15 UTC): a routine report.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (PSB, 80 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.
2 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8800 Baltimore, MD, Saturday, October 17, 2026 through Sunday, October 18, 2026 UTC 39 nm south · drones kept away from a public gathering · starts Saturday 17 October
- 4/9383 WASHINGTON, DC., USA 49 nm south · security
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 THV · ICAO KTHV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- York Airport Properties
- Elevation
- 495 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 6:30 am to 7:00 pm; weekends, 7:30 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 5,188 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 794 ft, pole 40 ft high 226 ft from the end
- Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 739 ft, trees 45 ft high 404 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.65 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.1 | |
| Thv and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.275 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 717-792-5529.
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 York from the FAA register
60 aircraft are registered to owners in York, Pennsylvania: 41 piston singles, 9 business jets, 2 turboprops, 2 piston twins, 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
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure)
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Harrisburg International (17 nm north), Capital City Airport (18 nm north), Carroll County Rgnl/Jack B Poage Field (20 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 York, by their names on the register:
- Dcs School of Flying LLC 1 aircraft DCS School of Flying is a flight school located at York Airport in Thomasville, 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
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, 16 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 11 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 3 for type ratings; 14 for airplanes, 9 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 25 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 3 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 4 training center examiners, 4 administrative pilot examiners.
- Denver Allen Gillham private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Skyport Aviation · New Cumberland, PA (17 nm) · (513) 266-2607 · gillham.denver@gmail.com
- Frederick Bernard Parow private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · New Cumber, PA (17 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 (18 nm) · (717) 500-2161 · aeroexaminer@gmail.com
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Fairfield, PA (24 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · pb@pietbarber.com
- Mark Giovengo private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manheim, PA (26 nm) · (717) 575-8786 · aerostar86at@yahoo.com
- Bruce Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aero Tech · Lititz, PA (31 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 (31 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 (31 nm) · (717) 380-7720 · peterwolfsondpe@gmail.com
All 65 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.
- 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 · 16 since 1982, 5 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
- Trees WI prim surface 83 feet in from thld and 221 feet L of runway 17 centerline; ramp TIE-DOWN area, medivac parking pad and taxiway WI prim surface on R side.
- Landing fee for all aircraft waived with minimum fuel purchase.
- Runway 17 has +15 feet road 10-200 feet from runway end 250 feet left and right; +15 blast fence 50-85 feet from runway end marked and lighted.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Taxiway to runway 35 closed to aircraft with wingspan over 60 feet.
- Runway 17: trees 1383 feet out, 121 feet right. Approach slp 20:1 to dthr.
- Runway 35: trees 2684 feet out, 425 feet right. Approach slp 22:1 to dthr.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in York 60 aircraft · 41 piston singles, 9 business jets, 2 turboprops
- York Aviators LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Ream Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Kinsley Construction LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Elevation Squad INC 2 aircraft in town
- Dcs School of Flying LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 16 since 1982 · 5 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/THV.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.