Northumberland County
N79 · Shamokin, Pennsylvania · Northumberland County · map
Northumberland County is a public-use airport owned by Northumberland CO Apt Auth, 3 miles north of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, 881 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,297 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 16 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 23,150 takeoffs and landings a year. About 1 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Northumberland County?
Its FAA code is N79.
Where is Northumberland County?
It is 3 miles north of Shamokin, Pennsylvania, 881 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Northumberland County?
Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,297 feet long, asphalt.
Does Northumberland County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Northumberland County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Northumberland County?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Aeropenn Aviation Academy LLC and Aluminum Falcons Flying Club LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Northumberland County?
11 pilot examiners and 18 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 Northumberland County…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA N79
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Northumberland CO Apt Auth
- Elevation
- 881 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- weekends, on call; Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 2:00 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
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,297 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 08: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 17 ft high 330 ft from the end
- Runway 26: PAPI, two lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.25 | |
| N79 and aWOS-3 | 119.175 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 570-672-0389.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- tie-downs
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey (11 nm southeast), Penn Valley Airport (14 nm west), Hazleton Regional (27 nm east).
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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 08 and 26; PAPI runway 08 and 26; medium-intensity runway lights runway 08/26 - 121.8.
- Runway 08 trees/brush 165 L of centerline parl to runway from thld out to 200 feet.
- Runway 08 PAPI unusable beyond 7 degrees right of centerline.
- PAPI unusable beyond 8 degrees left and beyond 6 degrees right of runway centerline.
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 | 13 |
| multi-engine | 2 |
| helicopters | 1 |
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 23,150, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 8,000 |
| general aviation, local | 15,000 |
| military | 150 |
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 Shamokin from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Shamokin, Pennsylvania: 1 piston single. 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:
- Aeropenn Aviation Academy LLC 1 aircraft · Paxinos, 4 miles away
- Aluminum Falcons Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Bloomsburg, 13 miles away
- Parlor City Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Bloomsburg, 13 miles away
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
11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 10 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 1 for type ratings; 8 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 2 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 18 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 3 training center examiners.
- 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 (34 nm) · (717) 380-6371 · [email protected]
- Randy Marlin Rickert private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Lehighton, PA (36 nm) · (610) 704-2987 · [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 (38 nm) · (218) 228-2222 · [email protected]
- Bridget Vanscoy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Valley Aviation · Forty-Fort, PA (39 nm) · (570) 905-5301 · [email protected]
- Denver Allen Gillham private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Middletown, PA (39 nm) · (513) 266-2607 · [email protected]
- John Scullion private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes · Harrisburg International Airport · Middletown, PA (39 nm) · (717) 500-2161 · [email protected]
- Mark Giovengo private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manheim, PA (40 nm) · (717) 575-8786 · [email protected]
- Bruce Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aero Tech · Lititz, PA (41 nm) · (484) 467-9394 · [email protected]
All 35 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-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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 4 since 1982, 0 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 Shamokin 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- Aeropenn Aviation Academy LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Aluminum Falcons Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Parlor City Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 4 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 233 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 6,188 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/N79.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.