Shontz Airport (74PA) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds
As of 6:54 AM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KPTW), 74PA is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 7 statute miles, and no ceiling reported.
Aviation weather near Shontz Airport in Zieglerville, PA, decoded from the nearest reporting station (KPTW): conditions and runway crosswinds.
Shontz Airport (74PA) is a general aviation airport serving pilots in and around Zieglerville, PA at a field elevation of 300 ft. 74PA has no weather station of its own. Conditions here are decoded from KPTW, about 5 nm away, the nearest reporting station, and local conditions can differ. It has one runway (14/32), the longest 1,200 ft. The nearest TAF is issued for KABE.
No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KPTW, 5.2 nm away.
Wind calm, visibility 7 statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 4°C (40°F), altimeter 30.46 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).
METAR KPTW 281054Z AUTO 00000KT 7SM CLR 04/04 A3046 RMK AO2 SLP312 T00440044 PWINO $
What changed at KPTW (nearest station)?
Since the 0954Z (5:54 AM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.
- Pressure rising: altimeter 30.44 → 30.46 inHg.
Current pilot readout for 74PA
Based on the nearest station (KPTW), 74PA is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 7 statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately -1,550 ft (field elevation 300 ft). 74PA does not publish a TAF. The nearest TAF station is KABE, about 22 nm away.
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Runway wind check
Estimated head/tailwind and crosswind for each runway end from the current reported wind.
Current wind is calm: calm wind is not a factor for runway selection, and with no wind there is no head/tail or crosswind component to compute. Live numbers return automatically once a report includes a wind direction.
| Runway | Length | Surface | Head / Tail | Crosswind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1,200 ft | TURF | - | - |
| 32 | 1,200 ft | TURF | - | - |
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74PA runways
1 physical runway · 2 runway ends. Each card opens the runway's intelligence page: equipment and lighting, LAHSO, frequencies, today's configuration, predicted use, history and approaches.
- Status not monitoredRunway 14/321,200 × 100 ft · TURFCurrent useno stated-runway source at 74PAWind
- 14
- no steady wind
- 32
- no steady wind
no active equipment NOTAM receivedView Runway Intelligence →
“Current use” is what the facilitystates; wind components are arithmetic on the current METAR against TRUE headings; status reflects NOTAMs received through SWIM, the tower's TFDM record and the D-ATIS — a runway reads “Open” only with a complete NOTAM picture.
24-hour trend
Wind, ceiling and flight category over the last 24 hours.
Over the last 23 h: wind 0→0 kt, ceiling unlimited → unlimited.
74PA weather radar
Live NEXRAD + lightning, with a 4-hour future-radar forecast. Drag to pan, tap ⚡ to toggle lightning.
Radar: NOAA/NWS via IEM · Forecast: NOAA HRRR · Lightning: NOAA · Map © Stadia Maps © OpenMapTiles © OpenStreetMap
NOAA NEXRAD composite and lightning, updated about every five minutes; amber frames are HRRR model guidance, not observed radar. Not for navigation.
Pilot reports (PIREPs) within 100 NM of 74PA
Reported by pilots in flight over the past 6 hours, via aviationweather.gov.
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ARP UAL2434 4033N 07635W 1022 F360 255/058KT TB SMTH IC
ARP UAL2434 4033N 07635W 102…Header: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.⚠️ PIREPs are unverified pilot reports. Not for operational use: conditions change between reports.
Recent aviation weather trends at 74PA
From ATIS Alerts' hourly weather history.
Over the past 24 hours, the nearest station KPTW reported mostly VFR across 24 observations, with 0 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the NW.
Most recent change: MVFR → VFR
Share of hours each runway had the most headwind. From wind reports, not ATC assignments.
- 32
- 69%
- 14
- 31%
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Live crosswind meter
74PA has no weather feed online, so the wind comes from KPTW, 5.2 nm away.
Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.
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Field aerial
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Airport info
Reference data from the OurAirports dataset.
- Type
- General aviation airport
- FAA LID
- 74PA
- City
- Zieglerville
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 300 ft
- Coordinates
- 40.2918, -75.4663
- Runways
- 1 physical runway · 2 runway ends
- Longest runway
- 1,200 ft
- Weather reporting
- Nearest station KPTW
- TAF
- Nearest KABE
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Next sunset
- 10h 52m
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Nearby airports
Compare nearby METAR/TAF stations within 25, 50 and 100 NM before departure or arrival.
Within 25 NM
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AMA model-aircraft club fields around this airport: live wind, crosswind & flyability on each page.
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Pilot PIREPs for Shontz Airport (74PA)
Community-submittedCommunity-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.
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