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Shontz Airport (74PA) Area Aviation Weather & Runway Winds

As of 11:54 AM ET, Oct 28, based on the nearest station (KPTW), 74PA is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ 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.

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VFR
Observed 1554Z (11:54 AM EDT)live · refreshes every 60s

No weather station at this airport: showing the nearest station KPTW, 5.2 nm away.

Wind
Calm
Visibility
10+ sm
Ceiling
Unlimited
Altimeter
30.46"
Temp / Dew
58°F / 14°C
dew 47°F / 8°C

Wind calm, visibility 10+ statute miles, no cloud data, temperature 14°C (58°F), altimeter 30.46 inHg. Conditions are Visual Flight Rules (VFR).

Raw METAR
METAR KPTW 281554Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/08 A3046 RMK AO2 SLP313 T01440083 PWINO $

What changed at KPTW (nearest station)?

Since the 1354Z (9:54 AM EDT) report, compared automatically against the latest METAR.

  • Pressure falling: altimeter 30.49 → 30.46 inHg.
  • Temperature up 4°C.

Current pilot readout for 74PA

Based on the nearest station (KPTW), 74PA is currently VFR with calm winds, visibility 10+ statute miles, and no ceiling reported. Density altitude is approximately -350 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.

RunwayHead / TailCrosswind
14--
32--

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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.

  • Runway 14/32
    1,200 × 100 ft · TURF
    Status not monitored
    Current use
    no stated-runway source at 74PA
    Wind
    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.

Wind (kt)Gusts (kt)Bottom strip, flight category:VFRMVFRIFRLIFRNo report
061217Z04Z15Z

Over the last 22 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.

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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.

PIREP1538Z (11:38 AM EDT) · 87 NM NW of 74PA · 1,600 ft MSL · SR22
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IPT UA /OV 3E/TM 1538/FL016/TP SR22/RM CLOUD BASES 016 MSL
IPT UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV 3ELocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1538Reported at 15:38 UTC.
FL016Altitude: 1,600 ft MSL.
TP SR22Aircraft type reporting.
RM CLOUD BASES 016 MSLRemarks.
PIREP1431Z (10:31 AM EDT) · 71 NM NW of 74PA · 3,200 ft MSL · C56X
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MDT UA /OV SEG/TM 1431/FL032/TP C56X/SK BASES017 TOPS023/TA TA 16
MDT UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV SEGLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1431Reported at 14:31 UTC.
FL032Altitude: 3,200 ft MSL.
TP C56XAircraft type reporting.
SK BASES017 TOPS023Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.
TA TA 16Outside air temperature, °C.
PIREP1340Z (9:40 AM EDT) · 79 NM W of 74PA · 1,000 ft MSL · P28A
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CXY UA /OV N94 /TM 1340 /FL010 /TP P28A /SK OVC010 /RM FV 02-03SM PATCHY BR
CXY UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV N94Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1340Reported at 13:40 UTC.
FL010Altitude: 1,000 ft MSL.
TP P28AAircraft type reporting.
SK OVC010Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.
RM FV 02-03SM PATCHY BRRemarks.
PIREP1304Z (9:04 AM EDT) · 73 NM W of 74PA · 3,000 ft MSL · B737
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MDT UA /OV HAR/TM 1304/FL030/TP B737/SK TOPS030
MDT UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV HARLocation: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1304Reported at 13:04 UTC.
FL030Altitude: 3,000 ft MSL.
TP B737Aircraft type reporting.
SK TOPS030Sky condition: cloud bases and tops in hundreds of feet MSL.
PIREP1255Z (8:55 AM EDT) · 98 NM NE of 74PA · 35,000 ft MSL · BCS3
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POU UA /OV IGN260015/TM 1255/FL350/TP BCS3/TB NEG
POU UAHeader: reporting station and UA: a routine pilot report.
OV IGN260015Location: fix or navaid, optionally with a radial and distance in NM.
TM 1255Reported at 12:55 UTC.
FL350Altitude: 35,000 ft MSL.
TP BCS3Aircraft type reporting.
TB NEGTurbulence: none reported.

⚠️ 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 22 observations, with 2 flight-category changes. Wind most often came from the NW.

Last 24 hours
VFR 95%MVFR 5%
Wind avg/max: 0/4 kt
Max gust: -
Lowest ceiling: -
Lowest vis: -
Prevailing wind: NW
Category changes: 2

Most recent change: MVFR → VFR

Last 7 days
VFR 99%MVFR 1%
Wind avg/max: 2/12 kt
Max gust: 19 kt
Lowest ceiling: -
Lowest vis: 3 sm
Prevailing wind: N
Category changes: 4

Most recent change: MVFR → VFR

Wind-favored runway - past 30 days

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.

N1432wind calm / variable

Wind is calm or variable. Either end works.

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Turf · 1,200 ft. Headings from FAA runway data. Not for navigation.

Field aerial

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Aerial photo of Shontz Airport (74PA)
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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
Sunset in
5h 10m

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Pilot PIREPs for Shontz Airport (74PA)

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Community-submitted airport notes from pilots about runway conditions, wildlife, FBOs, fuel, turbulence, ramp access, and local tips.

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