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This is a list of airports in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, grouped by type and sorted by location.The list includes public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA, or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
The airport is home to Energy Aviation LLC that provides general aviation services and is the operator of its terminal, commonly known in aviation parlance as a fixed-base operator (FBO). Federal Aviation Administration reported 23,901 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, [3] 19,834 in 2009 and 22,519 in 2010. [4]
Pennsylvania ranks 11th in the country in the number of public-use aviation facilities with 122 airports, heliports, and seaplane bases. The 122 public-use facilities provide an annual economic impact of $23.6 billion to the state. The aviation industry also supports more than 300,000 jobs making it one of the largest employment sectors in the ...
In the 1920s, cities in Northeast Pennsylvania recognized the need for an airport, and U.S. Representative Laurence Hawley Watres of Scranton, the chairman of the U.S. House subcommittee that oversaw the growing commercial aviation industry, began to advocate for the project. [4]
The airport's two longest runways are 11,500 feet (3,510 m) and 10,775 feet (3,280 m), allowing PIT to accommodate the largest airliners. Because of the development of non-aviation related business on airport land, PIT can add only one more runway (this number was as high as four in the past).
Johnstown–Cambria County Airport at Pennsylvania DOT Bureau of Aviation; 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron, Air National Guard Archived 2012-01-31 at the Wayback Machine; Nulton Aviation Services, the fixed-base operator (FBO) Aerial image as of April 1993 from USGS The National Map; FAA Airport Diagram , effective February 20, 2025
Capital City Airport covers 320 acres (130 ha) and has two asphalt runways: 8/26 is 5,000 x 150 ft (1,524 x 46 m) and 12/30 is 3,778 x 100 ft (1,152 x 30 m). [ 1 ] In the year ending May 3, 2023, the airport had 27,348 aircraft operations, average 75 a day: 88% general aviation , 10% military, and 2% air taxi . 97 aircraft were based at the ...
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