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It has two asphalt runways: 7/25 is 3,950 by 75 feet (1,204 by 23 meters) and 15/33 is 3,160 by 75 feet (963 by 23 meters). [ 1 ] As of March 2023, the airport had 25,660 aircraft operations annually, averaging 70 per day with 98% of them used for general aviation , 2% for air taxi , and less than one percent used for military purposes.
Flight levels [3] are described by a number, which is the nominal altitude, or pressure altitude, in hundreds of feet, and a multiple of 500 ft.Therefore, a pressure altitude of 32,000 ft (9,800 m) is referred to as "flight level 320".
The airport was initially established as Longview Flying Field in 1924. It became J.D. Hill Airport in 1928, then Latrobe Airport in 1935. [8]On April 12, 1939, it became the site of the world’s first official airmail "Air Pick Up", where a Stinson Reliant aircraft successfully collected a mail container suspended between two poles without landing.
Pittsburgh-Butler Regional Airport covers an area of 304 acres (123 ha). It contains one asphalt paved runway designated 8/26, which measures 4,801 by 100 feet (1,463 by 30 m). For the 12-month period ending June 15, 2020, the airport had 74,386 aircraft operations, an average of 204 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi and <1%
A powerful storm that met the definition of a bomb cyclone on Thursday morning brought extreme wind and rain to the East Coast Wednesday night. The storm's pressure dipped the required 0.71 of an ...
The airport covers 535 acres (217 ha) at an elevation of 528 feet (161 m). It has two asphalt runways: 9/27 is 6,825 by 150 feet (2,080 by 46 m), and runway 12/30 is 4,273 by 150 feet (1,302 by 46 m). [1] In 2016 the airport had 33,019 aircraft movements, average 90 per day: 70% general aviation, 19% air taxi, 9% airline and 2% military. Of the ...
Plows work on snow removal in and around Highmark Stadium in preparation for heavy traffic for a Buffalo Bills football game against the San Francisco 49ers in Orchard Park, New York, on Dec. 1, 2024
Pennsylvania officials have lifted shelter-in-place and evacuation orders near a manufacturing facility that caught on fire Monday night, but the blaze is still not out.