Transportation in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh International Airport, Port Authority of Allegheny County (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Pittsburgh International Airport, Port Authority of Allegheny County, List of bus routes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Route 65, Pennsylvania Route 43, Allegheny County belt system, U.S. Route 19 in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Route 88, Pennsylvania Route 885, Venango Path, Brownsville Road, Pennsylvania Route 980, Pittsburgh-Monroeville Airport, Pennsylvania Route 48, Rock Airport, St. Anne's, Moon Transportation Authority. Excerpt: Pittsburgh International Airport (IATA: PIT, ICAO: KPIT, FAA LID: PIT), formerly Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Greater Pittsburgh International Airport and commonly referred to as Pittsburgh International, is a joint civil-military international airport located in the Pittsburgh suburb of Findlay Township, approximately 20 miles (30 km) west of downtown Pittsburgh at Exit 53 of I-376 and the Northern Terminus of PA Turnpike 576 (Future I-576). The airport is completely encircled by both I-376 and I-376-B which is the main access for Airport Cargo and Servicing as well as other flight industries. It is owned and operated by the Allegheny County Airport Authority which also operates the Allegheny County Airport. PIT is primarily a passenger airport serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, providing 160 non-stop flights per day to 36 destinations with twelve airlines. It also serves as the home of Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, a combined facility of the Air Force Reserve Command and the Air National Guard, providing aerial refueling, air mobility and tactical airlift support to the U.S. Air Force and other U.S. Department of Defense activities. Finally, the airport also has a robust air cargo facility and supports extensive general aviation operations. PIT is the second busiest passenger airport in Pennsylvania and 47th-busiest in the United States, serving 8,710,291 passengers in 2008 on 16...