University Park Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Pennsylvania State University | ||||||||||
| Operator | Centre County Airport Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | State College, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Location | State College, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,239 ft / 377.6 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°50′57″N 77°50′55″W / 40.84917°N 77.84861°W | ||||||||||
| Website | universityparkairport.com | ||||||||||
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| Aircraft Movements | 10,198 |
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University Park Airport (IATA: SCE, ICAO: KUNV, FAA LID: UNV) is a public airport located in Benner Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The airport serves the towns of State College and Bellefonte, and the surrounding area.
The airport is owned by The Pennsylvania State University, but the terminal building and parking areas are owned and operated by the Centre County Airport Authority. It is served by several major airlines, connecting to hubs in the Northeast and Midwest. As of 2016, University Park Airport was served by three airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines.
Starting in the 1950s, private pilots in the area had constructed a small airport on land leased from Penn State, just north of State College. The Centre County Airport Authority was created to manage the development of the airport.
Penn State assumed the lease and assets of the airport in 1972. A permanent passenger terminal was built in 1985. A new passenger terminal was completed in 1993, and cargo operations moved to the original terminal building. The airport underwent a runway expansion project in 1997, and the main runway was lengthened to 6,701 ft (2,042 m). A new general aviation hangar was built in 2001.
Construction on the airport's new control tower began on January 8, 2010 and was completed in early August 2011. The Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) went operational on September 1, 2011 and is operated by Midwest Air Traffic Control under the Federal Contract Tower Program.
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