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KN79 ·

Northumberland County Airport

40.83690°N
-76.55250°W
ARR / DAY
3
133.3%
DEP / DAY
2
142.9%

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 3 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

3m ago
Temp
77°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KN79 132235Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM SCT055 25/22 A2992 RMK AO2 T02470223

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
70% of ops
77 land · 62 TO
08
30% of ops
33 land · 8 TO
Runway 26 carries 70% of operations (77 landings, 62 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

26 77 landings
UA 3%
08 33 landings
UA 27%
Approaches to 26 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 77 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
3.3
flights/day · 100 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 10pm
Day vs night
63%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–10pm local, averaging 3.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (3.9 vs 3.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 92 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
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
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