Schuylkill County Airport
Schuylkill County Airport Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Schuylkill County Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Pottsville, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,729 ft / 527 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′23″N 076°22′23″W / 40.70639°N 76.37306°W | ||||||||||||||
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Schuylkill County Airport (ICAO: KZER, FAA LID: ZER), also known as Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport, is a public use airport located eight nautical miles (9 mi, 15 km) west of the central business district of Pottsville, a city in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned by the Schuylkill County Airport Authority.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned ZER by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned ZER to Zero Airport in Zero, Arunachal Pradesh, India).[4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KZER.[5]
Facilities and aircraft
The airport covers an area of 34 acres (14 ha) at an elevation of 1,729 feet (527 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 11/29 is 4,594 by 75 feet (1,400 x 23 m) with an asphalt surface; 4/22 is 2,270 by 140 feet (692 x 43 m) with a turf surface.[1]
For the 12-month period ending August 10, 2011, the airport had 28,100 aircraft operations, an average of 76 per day: 75% general aviation, 22% military, and 2% air taxi. At that time there were 25 aircraft based at this airport: 68% single-engine, 20% multi-engine, 4% jet, and 8% helicopter.[1]
Charter service
References
- ^ a b c d e FAA Airport Form 5010 for ZER PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
- ^ "Schuylkill County Airport (ICAO: KZER, FAA: ZER, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ^ "Zero Airport, India (IATA: ZER, ICAO: VEZO)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
- ^ "Schuylkill County /Joe Zerbey/ – ZER (KZER)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
External links
- Pottsville-Schuylkill County Airport
- Schuylkill County - Joe Zerbey Airport at Pennsylvania DOT Bureau of Aviation
- Aerial image as of April 1999 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for ZER, effective October 31, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for ZER
- AirNav airport information for KZER
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KZER