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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.
Pittsburgh International Airport (9 P, 2 F) Pages in category "Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Pennsylvania" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Lancaster Airport covers an area of 850 acres (344 ha) at an elevation of 403 feet (123 m) above mean sea level.It has two asphalt paved runways: 8/26 is 6,933 by 150 feet (2,113 x 46 m) and 13/31 is 4,102 by 100 feet (1,250 x 30 m).
The T-Hangars are located on the far side of the runway and the FBO is located near the gas pumps on the near side of the runway. (The approach end of runway 28 is not visible.) 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 ...
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 .
Portersville is located near the western border of Butler County at (40.925285, −80.144229). [4] It is surrounded by Muddy Creek Township, though the borough's western border comes within 660 feet (200 m) of the Lawrence County line.
The airport covers 352 acres (142 ha); its one runway, 11/29, is 5,400 x 100 ft (1,646 x 30 m) asphalt.In the year ending December 12, 2022, the airport had 42,274 aircraft operations, average 116 per day: 94% general aviation, 6% air taxi and <1% military. 77 aircraft at the time were based at the airport: 58 single-engine, 11 multi-engine, 7 jet, and 1 helicopter.