Allegheny County Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Allegheny County Airport

IATA = AGC
ICAO = KAGC
type = Public
owner = Allegheny County Airport Authority
location = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
elevation-f = 1,252
elevation-m = 381.6
coordinates = coord|40|21|15.84|N|79|55|48.6|W|type:airport

r1-number = 10/28
r1-length-f = 6,501
r1-length-m = 1,982
r1-surface = Concrete

r2-number = 13/31
r2-length-f = 3,825
r2-length-m = 1,166
r2-surface = Concrete

h1-number = H1
h1-length-f = 47
h1-length-m = 14
h1-surface = Concrete

Allegheny County Airport Airport codes|AGC|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. It was historically the main entrance to metro Pittsburgh via air from its inception up until the early 1950s when Pittsburgh International opened. 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 1960's.

The airport is popular among business travelers because of its very close proximity to downtown as opposed to Pittsburgh International Airport.

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.

Facilities

Allegheny County Airport covers 432 acres 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

External links

* [http://www.15122.com/AGC/ Allegheny County Airport]
* [http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdBOA.nsf/infoAllegheny Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation: Allegheny County Airport]
*FAA-diagram|00326