Philadelphia Seaplane Base
Philadelphia Seaplane Base is a township-owned, public-use seaplane base located one nautical mile south of the central business district of Essington, a community in Tinicum Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Aerodrome
- Description: airport in Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Also known as: “Chandler Field”, “Fleet Riverfront Heliport”, “Philadelphia Essington Seaplane Base”, “Philadelphia SPB”, and “PSQ”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Crum Lynne station and Ridley Park station.
Crum Lynne station
Railway station
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Crum Lynne station is a station on the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line. Though the station sits along the Northeast Corridor, it is not served by any Amtrak intercity services.
Ridley Park station
Railway station
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Ridley Park station is a station along the Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here; only SEPTA's Wilmington/Newark Line trains serve this station.
Prospect Park station
Railway station
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Prospect Park station is a station along the SEPTA Wilmington/Newark Line and Amtrak Northeast Corridor. Amtrak does not stop here; only SEPTA serves this station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leedom Estates and Tinicum Township.
Leedom Estates
Hamlet
Leedom Estates is a small unincorporated community in Ridley Township, Pennsylvania, founded in 1867. It sits alongside Interstate 95 south of Philadelphia in Delaware County.
Tinicum Township
Photo: Smallbones, Public domain.
Tinicum Township, also known as Tinicum Island or The Island, is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,091 at the 2010 census, down from 4,353 at the 2000 census.
Delaware Valley
The Delaware Valley is a region in eastern Pennsylvania and the surrounding states of Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey that surrounds the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
Philadelphia Seaplane Base
- Categories: seaplane base and transportation
- Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.8596° or 39° 51′ 35″ northLongitude
-75.30032° or 75° 18′ 1″ westElevation
33 feet (10 metres)IATA airport code
PSQFAA airport code
9N2Open location code
87F6VM5X+RVOpenStreetMap ID
way 785229186OpenStreetMap feature
aeroway=aerodrome
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In Other Languages
From French to Urdu—“Philadelphia Seaplane Base” goes by many names.
- French: “9N2”
- French: “aérodrome de Philadelphia”
- French: “Aérodrome de Philadelphia”
- Indonesian: “PSQ”
- Persian: “پایگاه آب نشین فیلادلفیا”
- Persian: “پایگاه آبنشین فیلادلفیا”
- Persian: “پایگاه ابنشین فیلادلفیا”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи обншстн фелодилфеё”
- Urdu: “فلاڈیلفیا سی پلین بیس”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Essington and Westinghouse Village.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Riverside Yacht Club and Tinicum Township Fire Company Station 48.
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