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KZER ·

Schuylkill County /Joe Zerbey/ Airport

40.70650°N
-76.37310°W
ARR / DAY
2
25.0%
DEP / DAY
1
76.2%

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

7h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
6 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KZER 131935Z AUTO 31006KT 10SM CLR 26/17 A2997 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

29
47% of ops
86 land · 23 TO
11
24% of ops
43 land · 11 TO
04
20% of ops
36 land · 8 TO
22
9% of ops
17 land · 1 TO
Runway 29 carries 47% of operations (86 landings, 23 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 24%.

Approach quality

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

29 86 landings
UA 6%
11 43 landings
UA 7%
04 36 landings
UA 8%
22 17 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 6% unstable-approach rate (5 UA events from 86 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
4.6
flights/day · 138 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 7pm
Day vs night
68%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–7pm local, averaging 4.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.4× weekday (6.1 vs 4.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 106 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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