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]
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.