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KZER ·

Schuylkill County /Joe Zerbey/ Airport

40.70650°N
-76.37310°W
ARR / DAY
3
23.1%
DEP / DAY
1
0.0%

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 3 arrivals and 1 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

23m ago
Temp
30°F
Wind
8 kts
130°
Visib
Ceil
METAR KZER 021835Z AUTO 13008KT M1/4SM FG OVC001 20/20 A3012 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

29
50% of ops
56 land · 15 TO
04
23% of ops
25 land · 5 TO
11
22% of ops
24 land · 7 TO
22
5% of ops
6 land · 2 TO
Runway 29 carries 50% of operations (56 landings, 15 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 23%.

Approach quality

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

29 56 landings
UA 0%
04 25 landings
UA 0%
11 24 landings
UA 0%
22 6 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 56 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 · 143 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 9pm · 6pm
Day vs night
66%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 4.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (5.4 vs 4.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (25% of 119 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)

1
pilotshane
02/04/2017
(no subject)
First Airport I visited as a student pilot.
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