New Garden Airport
N57 · Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania · Chester County · map
New Garden Airport is a public-use airport, 1 mile west of Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania, 435 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 3,693 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas) and about 127 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 27,332 takeoffs and landings a year.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for New Garden Airport?
Its FAA code is N57.
Where is New Garden Airport?
It is 1 mile west of Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania, 435 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at New Garden Airport?
Its one runway, 06/24, is 3,693 feet long, asphalt.
Does New Garden Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at New Garden Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at New Garden Airport?
32 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Brandywine Soaring Association and Atlantic Aero Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to New Garden Airport?
16 pilot examiners and 36 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for New Garden Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA N57
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 435 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1968
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 3,693 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: trees 63 ft high 248 ft from the end
- Runway 24: trees 17 ft high 307 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Clearance delivery | 125.6 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.35 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- gliders, flight instruction, aircraft rental, glider towing
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Chester County G O Carlson (10 nm northwest), New Castle Airport (12 nm southeast), Brandywine Regional (13 nm northeast), Summit Airport (19 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.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- VFR use only
- Runway 06 noise abatement climb to 1200 feet above sea level bfr turning crosswind.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Glider operations in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 06 has 13 feet trees; 181 feet from runway end and 163 feet right.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds 45 degrees slp.
- Grass surface south of runway for glider recovery only.
- Deer and other wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Overnight parking fee.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 116 |
| multi-engine | 3 |
| helicopters | 2 |
| other | 6 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 27,332, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 450 |
| general aviation, travelling | 3,332 |
| general aviation, local | 23,350 |
| military | 200 |
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Toughkenamon from the FAA register
2 aircraft are registered to owners in Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania: 2 piston singles. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport 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 (12 nearest of 32, all in Pennsylvania):
- Brandywine Soaring Association 4 aircraft · Hockessin, 6 miles away
- Atlantic Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Newark, 11 miles away
- Pgd Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Newark, 11 miles away
- Career Pilot Training LLC 42 aircraft · Wilmington, 14 miles away flyGATEWAY is a flight school offering FAA-approved career pilot programs and Cirrus Platinum Training Center instruction across six locations in Delaware and Pennsylvania.
- Flight Training Aircraft LLC 21 aircraft · Wilmington, 14 miles away
- Aviation Training LLC 11 aircraft · Wilmington, 14 miles away
- Fly Gateway Aviation Institute 6 aircraft · Wilmington, 14 miles away flyGATEWAY is a flight school offering FAA-approved career pilot programs and Cirrus Platinum Training Center instruction across six locations in the Mid-Atlantic region (Delaware and Pennsylvania).
- Skylark Flight Training LLC 4 aircraft · Wilmington, 14 miles away
- Oregonian Flying Club 3 aircraft · Wilmington, 14 miles away
- Professional Flyers Corporation 3 aircraft · Wilmington, 14 miles away
- Thermalator Soaring Association LLC 3 aircraft · Wilmington, 14 miles away
- Aeronca Flyers INC 2 aircraft · Wilmington, 14 miles away
Repair stations in Toughkenamon:
- New Garden Flying Field Repair Station New Garden Flying Field is a flight school, aircraft maintenance and restoration shop, and FBO located in Toughkenamon, Pennsylvania.
Companies in the same town as this airport, 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
16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 16 for private pilot, 15 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 13 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 7 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 36 aviation medical examiners, 4 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 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · New Garden Airport N57 · Toughkenamon, PA (0 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
- 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 (25 nm) · (267) 216-6207 · [email protected]
- Bruce Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aero Tech · Lititz, PA (32 nm) · (484) 467-9394 · [email protected]
- 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 (32 nm) · (717) 368-4720 · [email protected]
- Denver Allen Gillham private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Alliance Aviation · Lititz, PA (32 nm) · (513) 266-2607 · [email protected]
- Peter H Wolfson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lititz, PA (32 nm) · (717) 380-7720 · [email protected]
- Mark Christopher Wesley Robinson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Reading Jet Center · Reading, PA (34 nm) · (218) 228-2222 · [email protected]
- Mark Giovengo private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manheim, PA (37 nm) · (717) 575-8786 · [email protected]
All 150 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.
- 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 16 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
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Toughkenamon 2 aircraft · 2 piston singles
- Brandywine Soaring Association 4 aircraft · flying club
- Atlantic Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Pgd Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- New Garden Flying Field Repair Station · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 16 since 1982 · 4 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 234 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 6,181 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/N57.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 27, 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.