Airport type Public Website phillyseaplanebase.com 9,100 2,774 Code PSQ Owner Tinicum Township | Elevation AMSL 0 ft / 0 m 11/29 9,100 Address Essington, PA 19029, USA Elevation 0 cm | |
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Philadelphia Seaplane Base (IATA: PSQ, FAA LID: 9N2) is a township-owned, public-use seaplane base located one nautical mile (1.85 km) south of the central business district of Essington, a community in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is situated on the Delaware River, west of Philadelphia International Airport.
Originally, the facility operated during World War I as Chandler Field.
Facilities and aircraft
Philadelphia Seaplane Base covers an area of 8 acres (3.2 ha) at an elevation of 0 feet above mean sea level. It has one seaplane landing area designated 11/29 which measures 9,100 by 250 feet (2,774 x 76 m). For the 12-month period ending September 16, 2008, it had 4,500 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 12 per day.