Heritage Field Airport Explained

Heritage Field
Iata:PTW
Icao:KPTW
Faa:PTW
Type:Public use
Owner:Limerick Aviation LP
Operator:PennAirways, INC
City-Served:Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Location:Limerick Township
Elevation-F:308
Website:www.heritagefield.org
Coordinates:40.2394°N -75.5567°W
Pushpin Map:USA Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Relief:yes
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in Pennsylvania
Pushpin Label:PTW
Pushpin Label Position:left
R1-Number:10/28
R1-Length-F:3,371
R1-Surface:Asphalt
Stat-Year:2023
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations (year ending 1/24/2023)
Stat1-Data:23,400
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:105
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Heritage Field is a public use airport in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of Pottstown, in Limerick Township. The airport is privately owned by Limerick Aviation LP.

Previously known as Pottstown Limerick Airport, the airport was sold in 2009 by its former owner, the Exelon Generation Company, which also owns the nearby Limerick Nuclear Power Plant.[2] [3] It is now referred as Heritage Field on the local UNICOM.

This is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation reliever airport.[4]

Facilities and aircraft

Heritage Field covers an area of 220 acres (89 ha) at an elevation of 308 feet (94 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,371 by 75 feet (1,027 x 23 m).

Penn Airways is a fixed-base operator located on the field.

For the 12-month period ending January 24, 2023, the airport had 23,400 aircraft operations, an average of 64 per day: 89% general aviation, 11% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 105 aircraft based at this airport: 88 single-engine, 10 multi-engine, 1 jet, 4 helicopter, 1 glider, and 1 ultralight.

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective September 7, 2023.
  2. Web site: Transfer of Pottstown-Limerick Airport NPDES Permit . . May 15, 2009 .
  3. Web site: KPTW – Pottstown Limerick Airport . FAA data republished by AirNav . June 3, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100710031502/http://www.airnav.com/airport/KPTW . July 10, 2010.
  4. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . September 27, 2012 .

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