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The following is a list of current and historic public, private, and military airports that operate in the Delaware Valley region of the United States, which includes Philadelphia, the nation's sixth-most populous city, its Pennsylvania suburbs, New Castle and Kent counties in Delaware, and South Jersey.
Philadelphia International Airport has road access from an interchange with I-95 (exit 12 northbound and exit 12A southbound), which heads north toward Center City Philadelphia and south into Delaware County. PA 291 heads northeast from the airport area and provides access to and from I-76 (Schuylkill Expressway). [49]
Heritage Field covers an area of 220 acres (89 ha) at an elevation of 308 feet (94 m) above mean sea level.It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,371 by 75 feet (1,027 x 23 m).
The airport was established in 1925 for use by the Pennsylvania Air National Guard. During World War II the United States Army Air Forces used the airport as a First Air Force training airfield. [1] [2] [3] Philadelphia Municipal became Philadelphia International in 1945, when American Overseas Airlines began flights to Europe. The airport saw ...
After the city finished the work, Philadelphia Northeast Airport opened in June 1945. In 1948 the name was changed to North Philadelphia Airport. [7] The airport expanded in 1960 when Runway 6/24 was extended to its present length. Runway 10/28 was abandoned at this time due to construction on the western end of the runway.
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.
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