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The airport was opened in September 1942 as Porterville Army Airfield and was used by the United States Army Air Forces Fourth Air Force as a training base during World War II. It was a sub-base to Lemoore AAF, being used as a pilot training facility. Improvements to the site included a fueling system utilizing nine underground storage tanks.
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.
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport: Blytheville Army Air Field: Arkansas: 1942-1946 [11] Arkansas International Airport: Bruning Army Air Field: Nebraska: 1942–1945: Mid-America Feed Yard Condron Army Airfield: White Sands Missile Range: New Mexico: 1945–2015: Drone operations [12] Courtland Army Airfield Alabama: 1942–1946 ...
In 1936 Lancaster became the second airport in Pennsylvania to two hard surface runways, and was certified for both night and daytime operations. After World War II the airport was becoming obsolete, so using government funds the airport was expanded and modernized, with 22% of the funds needed for the update being raised by the community. On ...
To PA 230 / PA 441 / Airport Road – Harrisburg International Airport: Access via Airport Connector; PA 441 not signed westbound: 2.940: 4.731: North Union Street / Fulling Mill Road to PA 441: Franklin D. Linn Interchange; PA 441 not signed eastbound: Londonderry Township: 3.927: 6.320: Vine Street: Access to Hummelstown: 6.857: 11.035
The Aviation Brigade traces its heritage to 1 June 1959 with the activation of the 28th Aviation Company at the Capital City Airport, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.The unit was reorganized as the 28th Aviation Battalion on 1 April 1963 and later relocated to 18th and Herr Streets (1976) and 21st and Herr Streets (1980) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Smoketown Airport (FAA LID: S37) is an airport open to the public, located in Smoketown, 6.3 miles (10.1 km) east of Lancaster, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. The airport is owned by Marlin Horst and managed by Mel Glick.
In 1998, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania transferred ownership of the airport to the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA). [2] In addition, in 1966, much of the former Air Force property was converted into The Pennsylvania State University—The Capital College, otherwise known as the Harrisburg Campus .