# Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field) (RDG / KRDG)

**Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field)** (IATA: RDG, ICAO: KRDG) is a medium airport in Reading, Pennsylvania, United States. It opened in Apr 1938. It has 2 runways; the longest is 6,350 ft (1,936 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdg

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: RDG / KRDG
- FAA: RDG
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Reading, Pennsylvania, United States
- Opened: Apr 1938
- Elevation: 343 ft / 105 m
- Coordinates: 40.3785, -75.9652
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 6,350 ft / 1,936 m
- Instrument procedures: 6 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.readingairport.org/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_Regional_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7300558
- Weather station: KRDG
- Ident: KRDG

## Timeline

- Apr 1938: Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field) opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 6,350 ft / 1,936 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 121° / 301° | yes |
| 18/36 | 5,151 ft / 1,570 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 172° / 352° | yes |

- 18/36 slopes 1.0%: threshold 18 at 290 ft / 89 m, threshold 36 at 342 ft / 104 m.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00627AD.PDF

## Routes

8 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Charter (8)

- [PTW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kptw.md) Heritage Field · United States · 24 mi / 38 km · Quest Diagnostics
- [TEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kteb.md) Teterboro Airport · United States · 105 mi / 169 km · Quest Diagnostics
- [ELM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kelm.md) Elmira Corning Regional Airport · United States · 132 mi / 213 km · Quest Diagnostics
- [MNZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khef.md) Washington Manassas Harry P. Davis Field · United States · 141 mi / 227 km · Quest Diagnostics
- [AGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kagc.md) Allegheny County Airport · United States · 209 mi / 336 km · Quest Diagnostics
- [RDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdu.md) Raleigh-Durham International Airport · United States · 347 mi / 558 km · Quest Diagnostics
- [HTS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khts.md) Tri-State Airport / Milton J. Ferguson Field · United States · 378 mi / 609 km · Quest Diagnostics
- [BWG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kbwg.md) Bowling Green Warren County Regional Airport · United States · 611 mi / 983 km · Quest Diagnostics

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from RDG, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- [Quest Diagnostics](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/quest-diagnostics) · 8 · charter

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,350 ft / 1,936 m | =4,217 of 29,858 | =1,098 in North America | =846 in US |
| Elevation | 343 ft / 105 m | #30,318 of 43,403 | #14,097 in North America | #11,866 in US |
| Age | Opened 1938 | =870 of 15,079 | =246 in North America | =228 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 125.150 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 127.100 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.900 |
| GND | GND | 121.900 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.900 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [LNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klns.md) Lancaster Airport · 25 mi / 40 km
- [MUI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmui.md) Muir Army Air Field (Fort Indiantown Gap) Airport · 32 mi / 51 km
- [ABE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kabe.md) Lehigh Valley International Airport · 33 mi / 54 km
- [MDT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmdt.md) Harrisburg International Airport · 44 mi / 71 km
- [PHL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kphl.md) Philadelphia International Airport · 52 mi / 83 km
- [ILG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kilg.md) Wilmington Airport · 52 mi / 84 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Reading Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reading_Regional_Airport&oldid=1363074331), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdg/data