Gettysburg Regional
W05 · Gettysburg, Pennsylvania · Adams County · map
Gettysburg Regional is a public-use airport owned by Susquehanna Rgnl Arpt Authority, 2 miles west of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 553 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 3,100 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA W05
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Susquehanna Rgnl Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 553 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1973
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 3,100 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: threshold displaced 165 ft, road 14 ft high 370 ft from the end
- Runway 24: threshold displaced 539 ft, pole 51 ft high 749 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | · Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. |
| Approach and departure | 126.825 |
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Aircraft registered in Gettysburg from the FAA register
66 aircraft are registered to owners in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: 37 piston singles, 19 helicopters, 5 drones, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes, 2 piston twins. 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 · 4 since 1982, 0 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
- Deer and birds in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- Approach ratio 26:1 to dthr.
- Runway 24 approach ratio 21:1 to displaced thld.
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.