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==Incidents==
==Incidents==
On 5 April 2010, a small aircraft caught fire while taxiing to the runway to take off. No one was injured in the incident. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/23056940/detail.html|title=Plane Catches Fire At Allegheny County Airport|date=5 April 2010|publisher=[[WTAE-TV]]|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref>
On 5 April 2010, a small aircraft caught fire while taxiing to the runway to take off. No one was injured in the incident. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/23056940/detail.html|title=Plane Catches Fire At Allegheny County Airport|date=5 April 2010|publisher=[[WTAE-TV]]|accessdate=6 April 2010}}</ref>

==Historic Landmark Status==
In 1981, the [[Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation]] added the Allegheny County Airport to their [[List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks|List of Historic Landmarks]].<ref>{{cite book | url= http://www.phlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Historic-Plaques-2010b.pdf | title=Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 | publisher=Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation | location=Pittsburgh, PA | year=2010 | accessdate=2011-07-30}}</ref>


==See also==
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Revision as of 05:43, 30 July 2011

Allegheny County Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerAllegheny County Airport Authority
LocationPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL1,252 ft / 381.6 m
Coordinates40°21′15.84″N 79°55′48.6″W / 40.3544000°N 79.930167°W / 40.3544000; -79.930167
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
10/28 6,501 1,982 Concrete
13/31 3,825 1,166 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 47 14 Concrete

Allegheny County Airport (IATA: AGC, ICAO: KAGC) is located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, four miles (6 km) southeast of the city of Pittsburgh. It is the fifth busiest airport in Pennsylvania following Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown, and Harrisburg. The airport is owned by the Allegheny County Airport Authority and serves as the primary FAA designated reliever airport for Pittsburgh International Airport. The Allegheny County Airport dedication took place on September 11, 1931.[1][2][3][4] When it was completed, it was third largest airport in the country, as well as the only hard-surface airport in the country.[1] It was historically the main entrance to metro Pittsburgh via air from its inception up until the early 1950s when Pittsburgh International opened.[1] Pittsburgh International took over commercial flights in 1952.[5] Like many other historic "municipal" fields throughout the country, Allegheny serves small and mid-sized private, corporate and commercial traffic well, but was not built to handle the constant traffic of international jet service that arrived in the 1950s and 1960s at the newer, more modern Pittsburgh International Airport.

The airport is popular among business travelers because of its very close proximity to downtown as opposed to Pittsburgh International Airport. It is also much closer to the South Hills and Monroeville than Pittsburgh International.

The airport also enjoys a Hollywood big screen moment in 2004's The Mothman Prophecies, serving as the small "Pt. Pleasant" airport where the governor and Richard Gere debate how serious the impending crisis is in the river town. Also the Airport and Terminal were used in the 1986 movie Gung Ho starring Michael Keaton.

Facilities

The main terminal was built in 1931 by Stanley L. Roush, with later additions by Henry Hornbostel in 1936.[5] Aiming for a more modern design for the building, it was designed in white brick with touches of black, silver, and green. Hornbostel continued with these colors for his additions. Above the stainless-steel canopy is a semi-hexagonal doorhead. To each side is an Art Deco urn with medallions containing images of flight by both humans and animals.[5] Although it no longer services major commercial traffic, the airport can still accommodate aircraft up to the size of a DC-9.[5]

Allegheny County Airport covers 432 acres (1.75 km2) and has two active runways and one helipad:

  • Runway 10/28: 6,501 x 150 ft (1,982 x 46 m), Surface: Concrete
  • Runway 13/31: 3,825 x 100 ft (1,166 x 30 m), Surface: Concrete
  • Helipad H1: 47 x 45 ft (14 x 14 m), Surface: Concrete

Future Improvements

The Allegheny County Airport Authority has received $2 million from the federal stimulus bill for construction at the Allegheny County airport. The money will be used to renovate four taxiways. It will also be used to reconfigure aircraft apron areas. This will allow for future construction on aircraft maintenance hangars and ramp space associated for the maintenance areas. Construction was scheduled to begin July 20, 2009. The airport expected 40 new jobs to be created with the project but says it is the gateway for more jobs when the aircraft maintenance facility construction starts. The construction will help improve the layout of the airfield.[6]

FBO Airlines

Aviation Schools

Rental Car

Incidents

On 5 April 2010, a small aircraft caught fire while taxiing to the runway to take off. No one was injured in the incident. [7]

Historic Landmark Status

In 1981, the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation added the Allegheny County Airport to their List of Historic Landmarks.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c West Mifflin Historical Research Committee (1976?), History of Mifflin Township To West Mifflin Borough, p. 146 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |year= (help); line feed character in |author= at position 34 (help)CS1 maint: year (link)
  2. ^ County Of Allegheny Office of the Chief Executive (2006), Onorato Congratulates Allegheny County Airport on 75th Anniversary (PDF), p. 1, retrieved 2011-04-28
  3. ^ Wills, Rick (2006), "Smaller airport has big history", Tribune-Review, retrieved 2011-04-28
  4. ^ Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Pennsylvania Aviation History, retrieved 2011-04-28
  5. ^ a b c d Kidney, Walter C. (1985), "Landmark Architecture: Pittsburgh and Allegheny County", Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation: 288, ISBN 0916670090
  6. ^ "Airport Authority's Bradley D. Penrod and ACI-NA Testifies to Success of Stimulus Funding for Airport Improvement". Allegheny County Airport Authority Press Release. June 26, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2009.
  7. ^ "Plane Catches Fire At Allegheny County Airport". WTAE-TV. 5 April 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.
  8. ^ Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
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