Altoona-Blair County Airport

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Coordinates: 40°17′47″N 078°19′12″W / 40.29639, -78.32

Altoona-Blair County Airport

IATA: AOO – ICAO: KAOO – FAA: AOO
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Blair County Airport Authority
Serves		Altoona, Pennsylvania
Location		Martinsburg, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL		1,504 ft / 458 m
Website		AltoonaBlairCountyAirport.com
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
3/21	5,466	1,666	Asphalt
12/30	3,668	1,118	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			24,082
Based aircraft			55
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

Altoona-Blair County Airport (IATA: AOO, ICAO: KAOO, FAA LID: AOO) is a county-owned public-use airport located in Martinsburg, 12 miles (19 km) south of the central business district of Altoona, a city in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] It offers limited commercial service, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

US Airways ceased service to Pittsburgh on July 7, 2007.

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Airline and destinations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Altoona-Blair County Airport covers an area of 320 acres (129 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 5,466 x 100 ft. (1,666 x 30 m) and 12/30 measuring 3,668 x 75 ft. (1,118 x 23 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending January 8, 2007, the airport had 24,082 aircraft operations, an average of 65 per day: 78% general aviation, 21% air taxi and 1% military. At that time there were 55 aircraft based at this airport: 80% single-engine, 9% multi-engine, 5% jet, 2% helicopter and 4% ultralight.^[1]