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Northumberland County Airport

40.83690°N
-76.55250°W
ARR / DAY
3
17.4%
DEP / DAY
3
28.0%

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

14m ago
Temp
86°F
Wind
5 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KN79 011815Z AUTO 27005KT 9SM BKN032 BKN040 30/24 A2997 RMK AO2 T03020241

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
61% of ops
59 land · 46 TO
08
39% of ops
37 land · 17 TO
Runway 26 carries 61% of operations (59 landings, 46 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 08 at 39%.

Approach quality

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

26 59 landings
UA 2%
08 37 landings
UA 16%
Approaches to 26 show a 2% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 59 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
5.7
flights/day · 170 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
67%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 5.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (6.8 vs 5.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (15% of 133 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

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
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 18:29 UTC