Venango Regional Airport

Venango Regional Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Venango Regional Airport
nativename = Chess Lamberton Field


image-width = 94
IATA = FKL
ICAO = KFKL
FAA = FKL
type = Public
owner = Venango County
location = Franklin, Pennsylvania
elevation-f = 1,540
elevation-m = 469
website = [http://co.venango.pa.us/Airport/ co.venango.pa.us/Airport/]
r1-number = 3/21
r1-length-f = 5,200
r1-length-m = 1,585
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 12/30
r2-length-f = 3,698
r2-length-m = 1,127
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Passenger boardings
stat1-data = 1,978
stat2-header = Aircraft operations
stat2-data = 23,593
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=FKL|use=PU|own=PU|site=20420.*A, effective 2007-10-25]

Venango Regional Airport airport codes|FKL|KFKL|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 and about convert|10|mi|km southwest of Oil City. Both cities are located in Venango County, which operates the airport. The airport covers convert|420|acre|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. [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data] ] 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. [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011] ] However, enplanements for 2006 declined to 1,978 which caused it to be categorized as a "general aviation" airport.

Airline and destinations

* Continental Airlines
** Continental Connection operated by Gulfstream International Airlines (Cleveland, DuBois)

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.

References

External links

* [http://www.co.venango.pa.us/Airport/ Venango Regional Airport] at Venango County web site
* [http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdBOA.nsf/infoVenango Venango Regional Airport] at Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation
* [http://www.tomsaircraftservice.com/ Tom's Aircraft Service]
*WikiMapia|41.3779|-79.8604|14|Satellite photo
*US-airport-ga|FKL

*Essential Air Service documents ( [http://dms.dot.gov/search/searchResultsSimple.cfm?searchType=docket&sortBy=desc&numberValue=2523 Docket Number 2523] ) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=459749&docketid=2523 Order 2007-3-12: Reselects Air Midwest to provide subsidized EAS for the two-year period ending March 31, 2009]
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=324103&docketid=2523 Order 2005-4-5: Selects Mesa Air Group (d/b/a Air Midwest) to provide essential air service through March 31, 2007]
** [http://dms.dot.gov/search/document.cfm?documentid=309014&docketid=2523 Order 2004-12-14: Request for proposals to provide essential air service for a new two-year period]



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