Philadelphia International

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 4

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 09R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 45 ft high 335 ft from the end
• Runway 27L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 1,913 ft, 9,912 ft available for landing, boat 189 ft high 4,500 ft from the end
• Runway 09L: ILS with DME, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 91 ft high 4,090 ft from the end
• Runway 27R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 8,864 ft available for landing, boat 189 ft high 4,500 ft from the end
• Runway 17: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), tree 50 ft high 1,279 ft from the end
• Runway 35: PAPI, four lights on the left, boat 189 ft high 2,150 ft from the end
• Runway 26: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 24 ft high 676 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 267-404-1002.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Penn'S Landing Heliport (6 nm northeast), Cross Keys Airport (14 nm southeast), Pine Valley Airport (15 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

• Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
• Engineered material arresting system (emas) with 389 feet setback 211 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at the der 08.
• Lnd runway 26 takeoff runway 08.
• Runway 27R lda 9500 feet available O/R to air traffic control.
• PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess R of centerline.
• Runways 27L, 27R and 35 ship chnl (delaware river) maximum height of ships 189 feet. Runway 26 ship chnl (schuylkill) maximum height of ships 149 feet.
• Airport is located in a noise sensitive area. Airport noise abatement takeoff procedures are to be used.
• Tcas equipped ACFT-TCAS alert may be caused by transponder equipped ships located phl naval base 3 NM east.
• Unlighted stack 288 feet above sea level (271 feet above ground level) 2.3 NM southwest of airport.
• Runway 09R rollout rvr used for runway 09L midpoint rvr.
• All engine runups rqr prior permission required from duty operations officer at 937-6914/6800; runups 20 minimum maximum.
• All aircraft traveling on taxiway J must use mnm pwr when turning south due to jetblast concerns.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

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 313,091, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)

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.

Aircraft registered in Philadelphia from the FAA register

157 aircraft are registered to owners in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 72 piston singles, 46 helicopters, 13 piston twins, 10 business jets, 6 turboprops. 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:

• Tailwinds Academy of Aviation 1 aircraft · Philadelphia
• Daedalus Flight School INC 2 aircraft · P. Fokaia, 7 miles away Daedalus Aerospace provides on-demand online courses in flight test planning, execution, risk management, and data analytics for aerospace professionals.
• Havertown Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Havertown, 8 miles away
• Main Line Flight School LLC 3 aircraft · Haverford, 10 miles away
• South Jersey Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Haddonfield, 11 miles away Jersey Aero Club is a member-owned flying club established in 1938, based at Lakewood Airport (N12) in Lakewood, New Jersey.
• Dream Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Cherry Hill, 13 miles away

Repair stations in Philadelphia:

• Leonardo Helicopters U.S. Corporation Leonardo Helicopters U.S.
• Sas Pennsylvania INC

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.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 30 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