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KZER ·

Schuylkill County /Joe Zerbey/ Airport

40.70650°N
-76.37310°W
ARR / DAY
4
8.3%
DEP / DAY
2
15.4%

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 5,101 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 4 arrivals and 2 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

9h ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
7 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KZER 240055Z AUTO 27007KT 10SM CLR 17/11 A2996 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

29
52% of ops
51 land · 14 TO
11
21% of ops
21 land · 7 TO
04
18% of ops
18 land · 5 TO
22
9% of ops
9 land · 2 TO
Runway 29 carries 52% of operations (51 landings, 14 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 11 at 21%.

Approach quality

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

29 51 landings
UA 0%
11 21 landings
UA 0%
04 18 landings
UA 0%
22 9 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 51 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
4.8
flights/day · 144 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 9pm
Day vs night
65%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–9pm local, averaging 4.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (6.5 vs 4.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (29% of 111 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

Pilot & community notes

1 comment from OurAirports (click to expand)

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pilotshane
02/04/2017
(no subject)
First Airport I visited as a student pilot.
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