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KN79 ·

Northumberland County Airport

40.83690°N
-76.55250°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 44.4%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 48.5%

Northumberland County Airport (KN79) is a small general aviation airport located in Shamokin, PA, 58 mi west of Allentown. It features 1 runway measuring 3,297 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9m ago
Temp
52°F
Wind
5 kts
80°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KN79 121015Z AUTO 08005KT 10SM FEW021 SCT150 11/06 A2959 RMK AO2 T01070064

Runways

1 installed

3,297 FT MAX
08/26
3,297 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

26
54% of ops
57 land · 64 TO
08
46% of ops
48 land · 18 TO
Runway 26 carries 54% of operations (57 landings, 64 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 46%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

26 57 landings
UA 11%
08 48 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 26 show a 11% unstable-approach rate (6 UA events from 57 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
7.3
flights/day · 219 total
Busy hour (local)
6pm
also 8pm · 7pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–7pm local, averaging 7.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (7.4 vs 7.6 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (22% of 174 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 122.800 —
APCH 118.250 —
APCH 269.450 —
UNICOM 122.800 —
AWOS 119.175 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZNY
Mag var:
11° W
Fuel:
100LL

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p
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