Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field
RDG · KRDG · Reading, Pennsylvania · Berks County · map
Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field is a public-use airport, 3 miles northwest of Reading, Pennsylvania, 343 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 13/31, is 6,350 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KRDG · observed 4:54 pm EDT (20:54 UTC), 28 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west-northwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm EDT (01:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 14,000 feet, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KRDG 062054Z 29006KT 10SM CLR 16/01 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP195 T01610011 56017
TAF KRDG 061720Z 0618/0718 30007KT P6SM FEW250 FM070100 VRB03KT P6SM FEW140 FEW250 FM071400 21007KT P6SM FEW250
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 RDG · ICAO KRDG
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 343 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:00 am to 12:00 am
- Attended
- every day, 6:00 am to 11:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1938
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 6,350 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 18/36 | 5,151 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 13: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 317 ft high 7,661 ft from the end
- Runway 18: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 60 ft high 893 ft from the end
- Runway 36: ILS, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF), trees 19 ft high 769 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.9 | Reading |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Rdg and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.1 | Reading |
| Ground | 121.9 | Reading |
| Approach and departure | 125.15 | Reading |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Reading |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 610-372-9863.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Reading from the FAA register
142 aircraft are registered to owners in Reading, Pennsylvania: 84 piston singles, 19 piston twins, 18 turboprops, 10 business jets, 8 helicopters. 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 · 14 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
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- When the control tower closed activate malsf runway 36; runway end identifier lights runway 13, 31; PAPI runway 13 and 18; high-intensity runway lights runway 13/31 and 18/36; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency.
- Landing fee for turbine aircraft.
- Arresting gear/system: engineered material arresting system (emas) 255 feet in length by 170 feet in width located at departure end runway 13.
- PAPI unusable beyond 3 degreess left of centerline.
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.