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Cell towers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The FCC register lists 101 antenna structures in and around Philadelphia. That is the 1st highest count of any place in Pennsylvania.

Registered structures
101
Median height
43 m (141 ft)
−31.5% vs state median
Tallest
389 m (1,276 ft)
Per 100k residents
6.4
population 1,574,281 (2025)

Structure types

Tower 32
32%
Monopole 21
21%
Pole 12
12%
Utility pole 7
7%
Building 6
6%
Tower array 5
5%
Lattice tower 5
5%
Mast 3
3%
Guyed tower 3
3%
Building with tower 3
3%
Building with mast 2
2%
Building with antenna 2
2%

Largest registered owners

owner is not the same as carrier
American Towers LLC Tower company 18
18%
T-mobile Northeast LLC Carrier 16
16%
Philadelphia, City Of Government 5
5%
Crown Atlantic Company, LLC Tower company 5
5%
Ccatt LLC Tower company 5
5%

Tallest registered structures

top 25 of 101
Height Type Built Owner ASR
389 m (1,276 ft) Tower 1998 Abc, INC. Dba = Wpvi-tv 103343
383 m (1,255 ft) Guyed tower 2011 American Towers LLC 2629513
361 m (1,183 ft) Guyed tower 2008 American Towers LLC 102000
340 m (1,116 ft) Tower 1957 Abc, INC. Dba = Wpvi-tv 124644
333 m (1,092 ft) Guyed tower 2008 American Towers LLC 102036
293 m (960 ft) Building with antenna 2004 Philadelphia Liberty Place, LP 2644768
225 m (738 ft) Building with tower 1997 12th Street Hotel Associates LP 102618
199 m (653 ft) Tower 1947 Vertical Bridge Cc FM, LLC 127368
177 m (582 ft) Tower 2005 Nbc Telemundo License LLC 126321
166 m (543 ft) Tower 2006 Hub Property Trust 2647236
154 m (505 ft) Tower 1985 Atlantic States Microwave 126825
132 m (434 ft) Building with tower 1970 Peco Energy Company 127464
117 m (383 ft) Lattice tower 2008 American Towers LLC 127242
96 m (316 ft) Tower 1963 American Towers LLC 102021
88 m (290 ft) Building 1985 Morgan Tower INC 620166
85 m (279 ft) Building with mast 1997 One Penn Associates 2731599
82 m (270 ft) Tower 1986 Mci Communications Services LLC 127489
82 m (270 ft) Tower 2000 Philadelphia, City Of 2609608
80 m (262 ft) Lattice tower 1994 American Towers LLC 616583
78 m (257 ft) Tower 2003 American Towers LLC 110086
78 m (257 ft) Lattice tower 2009 American Towers LLC 616584
78 m (256 ft) Building with tower 2005 Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education 2647169
75 m (247 ft) Tower array 1997 Levas Communications, LLC 103659
75 m (245 ft) Tower 1970 Aztec Capital Partners, INC. 2630250
74 m (243 ft) Tower array 1997 Levas Communications, LLC 103658

When they were registered

1930s 3
3%
1940s 1
<1%
1950s 1
<1%
1960s 1
<1%
1970s 2
2%
1980s 3
3%
1990s 27
27%
2000s 35
35%
2010s 23
23%
2020s 5
5%

About this data

The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.

"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.