Pottstown Municipal Airport

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Pottstown Municipal Airport
IATA: none – ICAO: none – FAA: N47
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner/Operator		Borough of Pottstown
Location		Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL		256 ft / 78 m
Coordinates		40°15′37.4″N 75°40′15.1″W / 40.260389, -75.670861
Website		www.pottstown.org/services-airport.htm
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
7/25	2,704	824	Asphalt

Pottstown Municipal Airport (FAA LID: N47) is a public general aviation airport in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States. TNT Air, Inc offers regular fixed base operator services, as well as flight training. Since 2004, the airport hosts an Annual Airport Community Day to raise awareness of general aviation in its local communities.

[edit] History

In 1946 John Basco and Charles Novack purchased the land now occupied by the airport. Construction of the buildings began a year later, in 1947, and an Open House was held on September 26, 1948. The airport was originally referred to as Stowe Airport or Basco's Airport. A 2,700-foot-long runway was built in 1961, and a parallel taxiway was built in 1965. During the 1980s a business park was added.^[1]

As part of the federal Airport Improvement Program, the airport has began multiple projects over the last few years. In 2003 a new hangar was completed. The fuel farm tanks were refinished in December of 2005. The apron and taxiway was repaved in the spring of 2007.^[1]