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KZER ·

Schuylkill County /Joe Zerbey/ Airport

40.70650°N
-76.37310°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 54.2%
DEP / DAY
1
▼ 53.8%

Schuylkill County /Joe Zerbey/ Airport (KZER) is a small general aviation airport located in Pottsville, PA, 47 mi west of Allentown. It features 2 runways with the longest being 4,594 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

13h ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
10 kts
330°
Visib
6437 m
Ceil
—
METAR KZER 271535Z AUTO 33010G21KT 290V350 4SM BR OVC003 12/11 A2973 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

29
44% of ops
36 land · 6 TO
11
28% of ops
23 land · 4 TO
04
26% of ops
21 land · 2 TO
22
2% of ops
2 land · 2 TO
Runway 29 carries 44% of operations (36 landings, 6 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

29 36 landings
UA 3%
11 23 landings
UA 4%
04 21 landings
UA 5%
22 2 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 36 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
4.2
flights/day · 127 total
Busy hour (local)
7pm
also 6pm · 3pm
Day vs night
61%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 4.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.8× weekday (6.4 vs 3.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (26% of 102 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075 —
APCH 118.250 —
APCH 269.450 —
UNICOM 123.075 —
AWOS 127.575 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZNY
Mag var:
12° 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

1
pilotshane
2/4/2017
(no subject)
First Airport I visited as a student pilot.
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