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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | Allegheny County Airport Authority | ||||||||||||||
| Location | West Mifflin, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1931 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,252 ft / 381.6 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°21′15″N 79°55′48″W / 40.35417°N 79.93000°W | ||||||||||||||
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Allegheny County Airport (IATA: AGC, ICAO: KAGC, FAA LID: AGC) is in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States, 7 miles (11 km) southeast 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 is the primary FAA-designated reliever airport for Pittsburgh International Airport. Allegheny County Airport was dedicated on September 11, 1931.[2][3][4][5]
When it was completed, it was third-largest airport in the country and the only hard-surface airport in the country.[2] It was historically the main entrance to metro Pittsburgh via air from its inception until June 1952, when the Greater Pittsburgh Airport (now Pittsburgh International Airport – KPIT) opened for commercial aviation.[2][6] Like many historic municipal fields, Allegheny serves small and mid-sized private, corporate and commercial traffic well, but was not built to handle jet airliners. A Boeing 727 owned by Rockwell and two DC-9's however were based on the field for years. One DC-9, owned by Westinghouse Air Brake, operated from the former TWA hangar. Another DC-9 was owned by Richard Scaife. Additionally, political candidates often operate chartered jet airliners into the field. Air Force 2, a Boeing 757, has been on the airport in the 2000s. In May 2017, a Southwest Boeing 737 with 143 passengers en route from Orlando, made a precautionary landing when running low on fuel.
The airport is popular among business travelers[citation needed], being closer to downtown than Pittsburgh International Airport. It is much closer to the densely populated South Hills, Monroeville area and Monongahela Valley.
The airport is home to Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics (PIA), a large aircraft maintenance school.
- ^ FAA Airport Form 5010 for AGC PDF
- ^ a b c West Mifflin Historical Research Committee (c. 1976), History of Mifflin Township To West Mifflin Borough, p. 146
- ^ County Of Allegheny Office of the Chief Executive (2006), Onorato Congratulates Allegheny County Airport on 75th Anniversary (PDF), p. 1, archived from the original (PDF) on July 19, 2011, retrieved April 28, 2011
- ^ Wills, Rick (2006), "Smaller airport has big history", Tribune-Review, archived from the original on October 5, 2008, retrieved April 28, 2011
- ^ Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Pennsylvania Aviation History, archived from the original on June 7, 2011, retrieved April 28, 2011
- ^ Kidney, Walter C. (1985), "Landmark Architecture: Pittsburgh and Allegheny County", Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation: 288, ISBN 0-916670-09-0