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A Flight Standards District Office (FSDO (/ ˈ f ɪ z ˌ d oʊ / FIZ-doh)) is a locally affiliated field office of the United States Federal Aviation Administration. [1]There are 78 such offices nationwide as of November 2015 physically located in every state except for Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
They are operated by and are part of the Federal Aviation Administration of the U.S. Department of Transportation. An ARTCC controls aircraft flying in a specified region of airspace, known as a flight information region (FIR), typically during the en route portion of flight.
The airport's FAA location identifier is FCY. It is 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the city, its time zone is UTC -6 (UTC−5 in summer), and the geographical coordinates of its Airport Reference Point (ARP) are 34°56.52′N 90°46.50′W / 34.94200°N 90.77500°W / 34.94200; -90.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 202,597 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, [3] 231,002 enplanements in 2009, and 258,986 in 2010. [4] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than ...
Aerial view. In 1928 the Williamsport Civil Aviation Authority was looking for a location to build an airport near Williamsport. The airport company, with help from the Chamber of Commerce and the City of Williamsport, sold hundreds of shares of stock at $100 each until it had raised about $75,000, enough to buy 161 acres of a family farm in Montoursville.
A map showing the borders of the United States' flight information regions as well as that of Canada and other neighboring nations. Old Federal Aviation Administration airspace map of ARTCCs in the United States overlaid with what states they cover Flight Information Regions (FIR) of France FIR and jurisdictional airspace in Japan FIR and jurisdictional airspace in South Korea
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a small hub primary commercial service facility. [4] The facility opened as the Kent County Airport and later became Kent County International Airport.
The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2023–2027 categorized it as a reliever airport. [ 2 ] Most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA , but this airport is GTU to the FAA [ 1 ] and has the IATA code QTG.