Pennridge Airport is a public-use

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located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the

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, United States. It is privately owned by Pennridge Development Ent., Inc. The airport is located on top of a ridge and is surrounded on every side by trees. Although the daily operations are under 100 takeoffs and landings, it is the largest privately-owned airport north of

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and south of

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. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter

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for the FAA and

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, Pennridge Airport is assigned CKZ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA, which assigned CKZ to

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made a stop at Pennridge Airport during his 2008 campaign. About 6,000 people attended the rally. There are now two corporate jets and one corporate single engine turbine aircraft based at the airport. In 2018, Pennridge Development Enterprises, Inc., announced plans for a business park adjacent to the airport, including two new hangar buildings at the airport site in Perkasie, and later six more industrial manufacturing buildings on airport property located in Pekasie Borough and East Rockhill Township.

Facilities and aircraft

Pennridge Airport covers an area of at an

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of 568 feet (173 m) above

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. It has one

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designated 8/26 with an

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surface measuring 4,215 by 100 feet (1,285 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending November 25, 2008, the airport had 29,635 aircraft operations, an average of 81 per day: 99%

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and 1%

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. At that time there were 42 aircraft based at this airport: 86% single-

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, 12% multi-engine and 2% jet.

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Pennridge Airport (N70)
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