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Perkiomen Valley Airport

Coordinates: 40°12′15″N 075°25′49″W / 40.20417°N 75.43028°W / 40.20417; -75.43028
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Perkiomen Valley Airport
Summary
Airport typeCLOSED
OwnerEstate of Lane R. Jubb
ServesCollegeville, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL277 ft / 84 m
Coordinates40°12′15″N 075°25′49″W / 40.20417°N 75.43028°W / 40.20417; -75.43028
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N10 is located in Pennsylvania
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Location of airport in Pennsylvania
N10 is located in the United States
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N10 (the United States)
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 2,880 878 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations10,520
Based aircraft22

Perkiomen Valley Airport (FAA LID: 32PA (formerly N10)) is formerly a privately owned, public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) northeast of the central business district of Collegeville, a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] The airport was built by Wells MacCormack and opened on March 1, 1938. It closed in March of 2021. It is now pending a housing development project taking effect on the 1st of April, 2024. [2] It was included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

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Perkiomen Valley Airport covers an area of 60 acres (24 ha) at an elevation of 277 feet (84 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 9/27 with an asphalt surface measuring 2,880 by 40 feet (878 x 12 m).[1]

Valley Forge Aviation is a fixed-base operator (FBO) located on the field.[4]

For the 12-month period ending March 15, 2012, the airport had 10,520 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 99.8% general aviation and 0.2% military. At that time there were 22 aircraft based at this airport: 91% single-engine and 9% multi-engine.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for N10 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ^ "Pennsylvania Aviation History". Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2007.
  3. ^ "2009–2013 NPIAS Report, Appendix A: Part 4" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 15, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF, 1.61 MB) on June 6, 2011.
  4. ^ Airport information for N10 at AirNav
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