Altoona–Blair County Airport | |||||||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
Owner | Blair County Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
Serves | Altoona, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
Location | Martinsburg, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,503 ft / 458 m | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°17′47″N 078°19′12″W / 40.29639°N 78.32000°WCoordinates: 40°17′47″N 078°19′12″W / 40.29639°N 78.32000°W | ||||||||||||||
Website | AltoonaBlairCountyAirport.com | ||||||||||||||
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Location of airport in Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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Aircraft operations | 23,750 |
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Based aircraft | 58 |
Altoona–Blair County Airport (IATA: AOO, ICAO: KAOO, FAA LID: AOO) is a county owned, public airport in Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, 14 miles south of Altoona, in Blair County, Pennsylvania. It is owned by the Blair County Airport Authority. The airport has a few airline flights, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 11,051 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 6,439 in 2009 and 4,378 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2008 (more than 10,000 per year), but it qualifies as a non-primary commercial service airport based on enplanements in 2009 and 2010.
The airport covers 320 acres (129 ha) at an elevation of 1,503 feet (458 m) above sea level. It has two asphalt runways: 3/21 is 5,465 by 100 feet (1,666 x 30 m) and 12/30 is 3,668 by 75 feet (1,118 x 23 m).
In the year ending October 25, 2011 the airport had 23,750 aircraft operations, average 65 per day: 78% general aviation, 22% air taxi, and <1% military. 58 aircraft were then based at the airport: 79% single-engine, 10% multi-engine, 5% jet, 2% helicopter, and 3% ultralight.