Wings Field
LOM · KLOM · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · Montgomery County · map
Wings Field is a public-use airport owned by Wings Field Preservation Assoc, 3 miles northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 302 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 3,700 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KLOM · observed 4:55 pm EDT (20:55 UTC), 26 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northwest (330°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 36°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 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 KLOM 062055Z AUTO 33005KT 10SM CLR 16/02 A3012 RMK AO2 TSNO
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.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA LOM · ICAO KLOM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Wings Field Preservation Assoc
- Elevation
- 302 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 10:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1937
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 3,700 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 177 ft, pole 19 ft high 241 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 54 ft high 698 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 135.3 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.85 | |
| Lom and aWOS-3 | 118.925 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 215-646-1068.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 8 since 1982, 0 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Dusk to dawn. Activate medium-intensity runway lights runways 06/24, PAPI and runway end identifier lights runways 06 and 24 - the common traffic frequency
- Road 138 feet from runway end, air carriers cntlrn. 22 feet pole 169 feet from runway end 233 feet right. 32 feet obstruction LT 77 feet from runway end 139 feet right. 17 feet obs LT 56 feet from runway end 133 feet left.
- Approach slope 22:1 to displaced thld.
- Noise abatement runways 06 and 24 - no turns after takeoff before 1000 feet above ground level. Avoid overflight of schools east and west of airport.
- Large flocks of geese on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 6/24 no tgls.
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.