Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey
ZER · KZER · Pottsville, Pennsylvania · Schuylkill County · map
Schuylkill County/Joe Zerbey is a public-use airport owned by Schuylkill County A/P Auth, 8 miles west of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, 1,730 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 11/29, is 5,101 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 18 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 28,100 takeoffs and landings a year.
Weather right now KZER · observed 6:35 pm EDT (22:35 UTC), 19 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west (270°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 7 miles
- Temperature 50°F (10°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 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 KZER 062235Z AUTO 27003KT 7SM CLR 10/01 A3010 RMK AO2
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 ZER · ICAO KZER
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Schuylkill County A/P Auth
- Elevation
- 1,730 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 5:00 pm; Saturday to Sunday, on call
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 12W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1959
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 5,101 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
| 04/22 | 2,523 × 140 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 11: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 8 ft high 375 ft from the end
- Runway 29: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 19 ft high 221 ft from the end
- Runway 22: threshold displaced 200 ft, trees 32 ft high 385 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Approach and departure | 118.25 | |
| Zer and aWOS-3 | 127.575 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 570-544-2778.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 28,100, 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.
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 Pottsville from the FAA register
9 aircraft are registered to owners in Pottsville, Pennsylvania: 5 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter, 1 drone, 1 business jet. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 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 on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 11 and 29; medium-intensity runway lights runway 11/29 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 11 and 29 on continuously.
- Avgas self serve with credit card.
- JET-A SELF-SERVE with credit card.
- Not maintained winter months.
- Runway 04/22 edge and displaced thld marked with orange cones.
- Approach ratio 18:1 to dthr.
- Gpu available for AC/DC power.
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.