Arnold Palmer Regional Airport | |||||||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Westmoreland County Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Latrobe, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,199 ft / 365 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°16′29″N 079°24′24″W / 40.27472°N 79.40667°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | PalmerAirport.com | ||||||||||||||
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 FAA airport diagram as of January 2021 | |||||||||||||||
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Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (IATA: LBE[2], ICAO: KLBE, FAA LID: LBE) is in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States, two miles (3 km) southwest of Latrobe and about 33 miles (53 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. It was formerly Westmoreland County Airport; it was renamed in September 1999 for Arnold Palmer, who grew up nearby and learned to fly at the airport.[3] Palmer learned to fly at the airport, and the dedication ceremony included Governor Tom Ridge and a flyover of three A-10s of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.[4]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.[5]
Passenger traffic at the airport has significantly grown since Spirit Airlines began serving the airport in 2011, jumping from roughly 10,000 passengers in 2010 to 310,000 passengers in 2019, a 3000% increase.[6] Spirit Airlines is the only commercial passenger carrier and currently flies two nonstop routes to one city in Florida and one city in South Carolina from the airport.
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for LBE PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective July 13, 2023.
- ^ "IATA Airport Code Search (LBE: Latrobe / Westmoreland County)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ^ "Arnold Palmer: Fairways to runways". Sunday Star-News. (Wilmington, North Carolina). September 12, 1999. p. 2A.
- ^ "Air facility named for golf great". Reading Eagle. (Pennsylvania). Associated Press. September 11, 1999. p. B5.
- ^ "List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). FAA.gov. Federal Aviation Administration. 21 October 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ Passengers up 3% last year at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport