Williamsport Regional Airport

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Williamsport Regional Airport

IATA: IPT – ICAO: KIPT
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Williamsport Municipal Airport Authority
Location		Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL		529 ft / 161.2 m
Coordinates		41°14′31″N, 76°55′16″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	6,474	1,973	Asphalt
12/30	4,280	1,305	Asphalt

Williamsport Regional Airport (IATA: IPT, ICAO: KIPT) is a public towered airport located 4 miles (6 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of Williamsport, a city in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, USA. IPT is actually located closer to Montoursville, at the foot of the northern end of the Bald Eagle Mountain ridge, along the West Branch Susquehanna River, in the West Branch Susquehanna Valley.

1 Events
2 Services
3 Airlines and destinations
4 Terminal Building
5 Future
6 Related facts
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Events

Williamsport Regional holds an annual balloon fest in mid September. The Little League World Series is held in Williamsport in late August each year, and this airport receives most of the associated air traffic.

This is the place where current president, George W. Bushs' 'Air Force One' landed in 2001 for Little League.

[edit] Services

DeGol Jet Center, family-owned fixed base operator
Skyview restaurant
Avis and Hertz car rental inside the terminal.
Williamsport flight service station on field.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

The only scheduled passenger service to/from IPT is six daily round trips to Philadelphia (PHL), provided by US Airways. Note: certain trips do not operate on weekends.

US Airways
- US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Philadelphia)

[edit] Terminal Building

U.S Airways Express Gate
Avis and Herts Rental car counters
Skyview restaurant
Timberland Coffee Kiosk

[edit] Future

Runway 9/27 is currently undergoing an extension project.
A new direct connect to Interstate 180 is in the final stages of research and design before construction starts, which will have an exit specifically for the airport. A new train/auto bridge will be built, and the deteriorating Lycoming Valley Railroad bridge over Loyalsock Creek will be razed.
The runway extension and new bridge are being built so the airport can atttract new airlines to put out Us Airways high priced monopoly for commercial air travel at the airport.

[edit] Related facts

On April 25, 1993, Thomas L. Knauff set an FAI world record flying a glider on an out-and-return course of 1646.68 km (1023 miles), releasing from tow over this airport, then flying along the Appalachian Mountains to Corryton, Tennessee, and returning for a landing 10 hours later. This world record stood for almost 20 years, and was only recenty broken in Argentina, but still stands as a U.S. national record.[1]