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, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 115 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 46,250 takeoffs and landings a year. About 104 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field?
Its FAA code is RDG, and its ICAO code is KRDG.
Where is Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field?
It is 3 miles northwest of Reading, Pennsylvania, 343 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 13/31, is 6,350 feet long.
Does Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field?
Airline flights go to 4 airports, the busiest of them East Hampton, Jacksonville International, Martha'S Vineyard, Syracuse Hancock International. Every route
Are there flight schools at Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field?
3 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Reading Aero Club INC and Shiloh Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field?
16 pilot examiners and 32 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 Reading Rgnl/Carl A Spaatz Field…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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 and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- 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.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, air ambulance, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Deck Airport (17 nm west), Heritage Field (20 nm southeast), Lancaster Airport (22 nm southwest).
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.
- 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.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 7 departures from RDG in those twelve months, carrying 10 passengers in 48 seats (21% filled), to 4 destinations on 2 airlines.
All 4 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 77 |
| multi-engine | 19 |
| jets | 14 |
| helicopters | 4 |
| other | 1 |
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 register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 46,250, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 29 |
| air taxi and commuter | 4,855 |
| general aviation, travelling | 24,223 |
| general aviation, local | 15,117 |
| military | 2,026 |
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 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, 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:
- Reading Aero Club INC 3 aircraft · Reading Reading Aero Club is a member-operated flying club based at Reading Regional Airport in Pennsylvania.
- Shiloh Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Blandon, 6 miles away Bell Flying Club is a non-profit flying club incorporated in the early 1960s, headquartered at Harrisburg International Airport in Pennsylvania.
- K-Ville Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Newmanstown, 13 miles away
Charter operators and airlines based in Reading:
- Quest Diagnostics INC 18 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Reading:
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
16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 16 for private pilot, 14 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 13 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 3 for helicopters, 2 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 32 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 4 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 3 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 7 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 76 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 2 training center examiners.
- 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 (0 nm) · (218) 228-2222 · [email protected]
- Todd James private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lebanon, PA (17 nm) · (717) 380-6371 · [email protected]
- Bruce Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aero Tech · Lititz, PA (19 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 (19 nm) · (717) 368-4720 · [email protected]
- Denver Allen Gillham private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Alliance Aviation · Lititz, PA (19 nm) · (513) 266-2607 · [email protected]
- Peter H Wolfson private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lititz, PA (19 nm) · (717) 380-7720 · [email protected]
- Mark Giovengo private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Manheim, PA (25 nm) · (717) 575-8786 · [email protected]
- Randy Marlin Rickert private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Lehighton, PA (27 nm) · (610) 704-2987 · [email protected]
All 146 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.
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 · 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. 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 Reading 142 aircraft · 84 piston singles, 19 piston twins, 18 turboprops
- Mid Atlantic Air Museum 74 aircraft in town
- Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories INC 18 aircraft in town
- Mid Atlantic Air Museum INC 6 aircraft in town
- Pts As LLC 5 aircraft in town
- Quest Diagnostics INC 18 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Reading Aero Club INC 3 aircraft · flying club
- Shiloh Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- K-Ville Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Quest Diagnostics INC · repair station
- Reading Jet Maintenance LLC · repair station
- East Hampton (HTO) 4 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Jacksonville International (JAX) 1 flights in twelve months · Ameristar Air Cargo
- Martha'S Vineyard (MVY) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- Syracuse Hancock International (SYR) 1 flights in twelve months · Tradewind Aviation
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 14 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/RDG.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.