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) and about 122 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 35 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 43,373 takeoffs and landings a year. About 93 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Brandywine Regional?
Its FAA code is OQN, and its ICAO code is KOQN.
Where is Brandywine Regional?
It is 3 miles northeast of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 465 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Brandywine Regional?
Its one runway, 09/27, is 3,347 feet long, asphalt.
Does Brandywine Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Brandywine Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Are there flight schools at Brandywine Regional?
8 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Brandywine Flight School and Brandywine Float Flyers LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Brandywine Regional?
18 pilot examiners and 39 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 Brandywine Regional…
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 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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- air ambulance, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Chester County G O Carlson (13 nm west), Heritage Field (15 nm north), Philadelphia International (17 nm southeast).
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
- 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.
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.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 102 |
| multi-engine | 10 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 7 |
| other | 2 |
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 aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 43,373, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 866 |
| general aviation, travelling | 17,089 |
| general aviation, local | 25,346 |
| military | 72 |
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 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, 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:
- Brandywine Flight School 6 aircraft · West Chester Brandywine Flight School provides flight training in West Chester, Pennsylvania, offering instruction for Private, Instrument, Commercial, and CFI ratings.
- Brandywine Float Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · West Chester Brandywine Aviation and Maintenance is a flight school in West Chester, Pennsylvania that trains recreational flyers, aspiring professional pilots, and future airline pilots.
- Brandywine Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Malvern, 5 miles away
- Boyertown Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Devon, 9 miles away
- Kolb Airport Flying Club 1 aircraft · Phoenixville, 11 miles away
- Main Line Flight School LLC 3 aircraft · Haverford, 14 miles away
- Havertown Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Havertown, 14 miles away
- Daedalus Flight School INC 2 aircraft · P. Fokaia, 15 miles away Daedalus Aerospace provides on-demand online courses in flight test planning, execution, risk management, and data analytics for aerospace professionals.
Charter operators and airlines based in West Chester:
- Main Line Charter LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate Main Line Charter provides on-demand private aircraft charter flights, aircraft sales, and aircraft management services based at Brandywine Regional Airport in West Chester, 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
18 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 18 for private pilot, 16 for commercial and instrument, 8 for airline transport pilot, 15 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 10 for multi-engine airplanes, 4 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 39 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 6 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 76 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 1 training center examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- 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 (13 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 (17 nm) · (267) 216-6207 · [email protected]
- Ryan David Tollini private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Perkasie, PA (27 nm) · (215) 704-2446 · [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 (29 nm) · (218) 228-2222 · [email protected]
- Robert Valentine Drapala private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Mount Holly, NJ (34 nm) · (609) 346-2416 · [email protected]
- Bruce Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aero Tech · Lititz, PA (35 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 (35 nm) · (717) 368-4720 · [email protected]
- Denver Allen Gillham private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Alliance Aviation · Lititz, PA (35 nm) · (513) 266-2607 · [email protected]
All 155 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 · 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. 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 West Chester 76 aircraft · 64 piston singles, 4 piston twins, 2 turboprops
- Brandywine Flight School 4 aircraft in town
- Bald Eagle Aviation LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Commercial Flight Services INC 2 aircraft in town
- Air4Je LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Main Line Charter LLC 1 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Brandywine Flight School 6 aircraft · flight school
- Brandywine Float Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Brandywine Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 11 since 1982 · 1 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/OQN.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.