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Northumberland County Airport

40.83690°N
-76.55250°W
ARR / DAY
3
81.8%
DEP / DAY
3
63.6%

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

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
3 kts
70°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KN79 150255Z AUTO 07003KT 10SM CLR 20/20 A3012 RMK AO2 T01960196 53019

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
67% of ops
64 land · 54 TO
08
33% of ops
31 land · 7 TO
Runway 26 carries 67% of operations (64 landings, 54 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 33%.

Approach quality

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

26 64 landings
UA 3%
08 31 landings
UA 32%
Approaches to 26 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (2 UA events from 64 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
3.4
flights/day · 102 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 3pm · 10pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–10pm local, averaging 3.4 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (3.9 vs 3.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (24% of 93 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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