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Bellefonte Airport

N96 · Bellefonte, Pennsylvania · Centre County · map

Bellefonte Airport is a public-use airport, 3 miles southwest of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, 1,072 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,632 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).

Quick answers answers refresh every morning

What is the airport code for Bellefonte Airport?

Its FAA code is N96.

Where is Bellefonte Airport?

It is 3 miles southwest of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, 1,072 feet above sea level.

How long is the runway at Bellefonte Airport?

Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,632 feet long, asphalt.

Does Bellefonte Airport have a control tower?

No, it has no control tower.

What fuel can you buy at Bellefonte Airport?

The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.

Are there flight schools at Bellefonte Airport?

4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Seven Mountain Flyers LLC and Tussey Mountain Flying Club LLC. Compare them

Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Bellefonte Airport?

1 pilot examiner and 3 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 Bellefonte Airport…

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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks

The airport

Codes
FAA N96
Kind
Airport · open to the public · privately owned
Elevation
1,072 feet above sea level
Pattern altitude
1,029 feet above the airport
Control tower
No control tower
Attended
every day, 8:00 am to dusk
Lights
runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
Fuel and services
100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
On the chart
Detroit sectional
Magnetic variation
10W
In the FAA's files since
August 1971

This airport's record at the FAA

Runway

0725N1,000 ft
Runways drawn to scale from the FAA's positions, north up.

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

RunwayLength × widthSurfaceLights
07/253,632 × 60 ftAsphalt, fairNon-standard lights
  • Runway 07: tree 34 ft high 278 ft from the end
  • Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern

Radio frequencies

Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM122.8
Clearance delivery125.725
Philipsburg and center (remote transmitter) Low134.8

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Fuel
100LL avgas, Jet A
Repairs
airframe and engine: major repairs
Parking
hangars, tie-downs
Also here
flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: State College Regional (3 nm southwest), Mifflin County (15 nm southeast), William T Piper Memorial (23 nm northeast).

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

  • Activate airport beacon - 122.7.
  • ULTRA-LIGHTS on and in the vicinity of airport.
  • Activate PAPI runway 25; low-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 - 122.7.
  • Runway 25 threshold lights located 43 feet past runway threshold marking.
  • Runway markings extremely faded.
  • Runway markings extremely faded.
  • All helicopter required to use fixed wing traffic pattern.
  • Hvy glider act durg daylight hours, all altitudes WI 10 NM area, all drctns, spcly alg ridge 1 NM west and north of airport.
  • Contact unv tower(university park) 128.475 prior to entering class D asp.

Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings

Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…

Within ten miles

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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.

Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby

Aircraft registered in Bellefonte from the FAA register

31 aircraft are registered to owners in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania: 17 piston singles, 7 gliders, 5 helicopters, 2 piston twins. 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:

Ps Soaring INC 8Helipeller Aviation LLC 4Pleasant Valley Aviation INC 3Polarblast LLC 2

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:

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

1 pilot examiner (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) is based within 50 nautical miles: 1 for private pilot, 1 for commercial and instrument; 1 for airplanes. Also nearby: 3 aviation medical examiners, 1 engineering representative, 2 training center examiners.

All 7 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.
  • 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 · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal

2020-11-29ERA21LA061 · Piper Pa28 N8056N · accident · no injuries
2006-08-06NYC06LA197 · Piper Pa-46-350P N9227U · accident · no injuries
2003-11-07NYC04LA027 · Beech M35 N9730R · accident · no injuries

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.

Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register

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Who works here
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Around it

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/N96.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 28, 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.