Heritage Field
PTW · KPTW · Pottstown, Pennsylvania · Montgomery County · map
Heritage Field is a public-use airport owned by Limerick Aviation LP, 3 miles east of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, 308 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,371 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KPTW · observed 4:54 pm EDT (20:54 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 35°F (2°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 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 KPTW 062054Z AUTO VRB03KT 10SM CLR 16/02 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP194 T01610017 56017 $
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 PTW · ICAO KPTW
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Limerick Aviation LP
- Elevation
- 308 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm; weekends, 7:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,371 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 14 ft high 381 ft from the end
- Runway 28: LOCALIZER, PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 190 ft, trees 40 ft high 576 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 118.55 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.85 | |
| Ptw and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.425 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 610-495-0823.
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 Pottstown from the FAA register
27 aircraft are registered to owners in Pottstown, Pennsylvania: 25 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin. 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 · 13 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Activate rotating beacon - 122.7.
- Lighted and marked 507 feet above ground level (769 feet above sea level) stack 6000 feet west of runway 10.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - 122.7.
- 10 feet road 0-200 feet from threshold.
- Runway 28 approach ratio 19:1 to dthr.
- Birds and deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
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.