Venango Regional Airport
Coordinates: 41°22′40″N 079°51′37″W / 41.37778°N 79.86028°W
| Venango Regional Airport Chess Lamberton Field |
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| IATA: FKL – ICAO: KFKL – FAA LID: FKL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Venango County | ||
| Location | Franklin, Pennsylvania | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,540 ft / 469 m | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 3/21 | 5,200 | 1,585 | Asphalt |
| 12/30 | 3,698 | 1,127 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Passenger boardings | 1,978 | ||
| Aircraft operations | 23,593 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Venango Regional Airport (IATA: FKL, ICAO: KFKL, FAA LID: FKL), also known as Chess Lamberton Field, is a public airport in western Pennsylvania, two miles (3 km) southwest of the central business district of Franklin[1] and about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Oil City. Both cities are located in Venango County, which operates the airport. The airport covers 420 acres (1.7 km2) and has two runways. It offers limited commercial service, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,066 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 2,939 in 2005.[2] In the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2007-2011) it was a categorized as a commercial service airport, which requires at least 2,500 passenger boardings per year.[3] However, enplanements for 2006 declined to 1,978 which caused it to be categorized as a general aviation airport.[2]
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[edit] History
Aviation in Franklin area originated in 1929 when two local businessmen, Wayne W. Bleakley and Joseph McElhinney, Jr. became interested in aviation and went on to construct the first airport in what was then Sugarcreek Township. The airport was supported by local businessmen who formed a corporation some time later, under their stewardship the airport continued in existence until its abandonment in 1938. Thereafter, local aviators flew from the Splane Memorial Airport in Oil City from 1941 until 1950. [4]
The construction of Chess Lamberton Airport as it was originally known, commenced in 1950. The airport was named after the grandson of the honourable Judge Robert Lamberton of Franklin, Pa., founder of the first bank in Venango County and later reformed as The Lamberton Savings Bank in 1887. [5][6]
[edit] Airline and destinations
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| United Express operated by Gulfstream International Airlines | Cleveland, DuBois |
[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Venango Regional Airport covers an area of 420 acres (170 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 5,200 x 150 ft (1,585 x 46 m) and 12/30 measuring 3,698 x 100 ft (1,127 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 23,593 aircraft operations, an average of 64 per day: 93% general aviation and 7% air taxi.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for FKL (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
- ^ a b FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data
- ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
- ^ Venago County Pennsylvania Genealogy
- ^ "Interested in saving some old buildings" The News Herald Franklin & Oil City, Pennsylvania. Edition Jan 9, 1976
- ^ The Lamberton National Bank
[edit] External links
- Venango Regional Airport at Venango County web site
- Venango Regional Airport at Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation
- Tom's Aircraft Service
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KFKL
- ASN accident history for FKL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
- Essential Air Service documents (Docket Number 2523) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
- Order 2007-3-12: Reselects Air Midwest to provide subsidized EAS for the two-year period ending March 31, 2009
- Order 2005-4-5: Selects Mesa Air Group (d/b/a Air Midwest) to provide essential air service through March 31, 2007
- Order 2004-12-14: Request for proposals to provide essential air service for a new two-year period
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