N79 Northumberland County Airport
Shamokin, PA · 3 miles N of SHAMOKIN, PA
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 880.6 ft
- Coordinates
- 40-50-12.9000N 076-33-08.8000W
- Lat / Long
- 40.8369167, -76.5524444
- Mag. variation
- 11W (1995)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- ARTCC
- NEW YORK CENTER
- FSS
- WILLIAMSPORT FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- IPT (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- MON-FRI 0800-1400, ALL SAT-SUN ON CALL
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- no
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- ACTVT REIL RWY 08 & 26; PAPI RWY 08 & 26; MIRL RWY 08/26 - 121.8.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from N79
Runways
Longest 3297 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 3297 x 75 ft. / 1005 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in fair condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 12.5
Runway 8
- Heading
- 083 magnetic, 072 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 2-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Markings
- nonprecision, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 852.5 ft.
- Obstructions
- 17 ft. trees, 330 ft. from runway, 214 ft. right of centerline, 7:1 slope to clear
Runway 26
- Heading
- 263 magnetic, 252 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- RWY 08 PAPI UNUSBL BYD 7 DEG RIGHT OF CNTRLN.
- Markings
- nonprecision, in fair condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 880.5 ft.
- Obstructions
- RWY 08 TREES/BRUSH 165 L OF CNTRLN PARL TO RWY FROM THLD OUT TO 200 FT.
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 1
Approaches — IAP 3
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf/unicom
- 122.8
- Wx Awos-3
- 119.175 (570-672-0389)
- Harrisburg Approach
- 118.25
- Harrisburg Departure
- 118.25
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- tiedowns
- Airframe service
- NONE
- Powerplant service
- NONE
- Bottled oxygen
- NONE
- Bulk oxygen
- NONE
Ownership
- Manager
- RON SMITH PO BOX 94 PAXINOS, PA 17860 Phone 570-898-8588
- Manager phone
- 570-898-8588
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.