Schuylkill County Airport

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]

Schuylkill County Airport

Schuylkill County Joe Zerbey Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerSchuylkill County Airport Authority
ServesPottsville, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL1,729 ft / 527 m
Coordinates40°42′23″N 076°22′23″W
Map
ZER
Location of airport in Pennsylvania
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
11/29 4,594 1,400 Asphalt
4/22 2,270 692 Turf
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations28,100
Based aircraft25

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
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References
  1. FAA Airport Master Record for ZER (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  3. "Schuylkill County Airport (ICAO: KZER, FAA: ZER, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
  4. "Zero Airport, India (IATA: ZER, ICAO: VEZO)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 14, 2012.
  5. "Schuylkill County /Joe Zerbey/ – ZER (KZER)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 14, 2012. External link in |work= (help)
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