Heritage Field is a public use airport in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located three

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s (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. It is now referred as Heritage Field on the local UNICOM. This is included in the

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for 2011–2015, which

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it as a general aviation '' reliever airport''.

Facilities and aircraft

Heritage Field covers an area of 220

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s (89 ha) at an elevation of 309 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 November 3, 2011, the airport had 37,217 aircraft operations, an average of 101 per day: 83% general aviation, 17% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 91 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single- engine, 9% multi-engine, 2%

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, 1% helicopter, 1% glider, and 1% ultralight.

References

External links

Pottstown Aircraft Owners & Pilots

Pottstown Limerick Airport (PTW)
at PennDOT Bureau of Aviation
Aerial photo as of February 2002
from USGS '' The National Map'' via MSR Maps * {{US-airport-ga, PTW Airports in Pennsylvania Transportation buildings and structures in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania