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KZER ·

Schuylkill County /Joe Zerbey/ Airport

40.70650°N
-76.37310°W
ARR / DAY
3
37.9%
DEP / DAY
1
46.7%

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

3h ago
Temp
79°F
Wind
10 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KZER 031835Z AUTO 25010KT 10SM CLR 26/20 A3003 RMK AO2

Runway intelligence

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

29
54% of ops
91 land · 23 TO
04
20% of ops
33 land · 5 TO
11
20% of ops
33 land · 10 TO
22
7% of ops
12 land · 4 TO
Runway 29 carries 54% of operations (91 landings, 23 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 04 at 20%.

Approach quality

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

29 91 landings
UA 0%
04 33 landings
UA 0%
11 33 landings
UA 0%
22 12 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 29 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 91 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
4.9
flights/day · 146 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 9pm · 7pm
Day vs night
64%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–7pm local, averaging 4.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (5.4 vs 4.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (27% of 124 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
02/04/2017
(no subject)
First Airport I visited as a student pilot.
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