Brandywine Regional
OQN · KOQN · West Chester, Pennsylvania · Chester County · map
Brandywine Regional is a public-use airport owned by Brandywine Regional Airport, INC, 3 miles northeast of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 465 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 3,347 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KOQN · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (280°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KOQN 062115Z AUTO 28006KT 10SM CLR 16/01 A3010 RMK AO2
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 OQN · ICAO KOQN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Brandywine Regional Airport, INC
- Elevation
- 465 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1946
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 3,347 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 125 ft
- Runway 27: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 249 ft
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Clearance delivery | 125.6 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.35 | |
| Oqn and aWOS-3T | 121.4 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3T), by phone (610) 692-6190.
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 West Chester from the FAA register
76 aircraft are registered to owners in West Chester, Pennsylvania: 64 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 helicopters, 2 business jets. 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 · 11 since 1982, 1 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
- Traffic departure runway 27 climb out straight ahd until rchg 1300 feet above sea level; then turn on crs for noise abatement.
- Ramp fee or fuel.
- Road traversing the 200 feet primary surface area beyond eor; road rises to +13 feet at a point 14 feet from eor 265 feet R.
- Calm wind runway.
- PAPI operations cons.
- PAPI operations cons.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Full length parallel taxiway south of runway.
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.