York Airport (Pennsylvania)
Encyclopedia
York Airport is a public airport
located seven miles (11 km
) southwest of the city of York
in York County
, Pennsylvania
, USA
.
It is the second airport to bear the name. The first one, which this one replaced when it closed sometime between 1953 and 1957, was located near the intersection of Roosevelt Ave and Wood Street in York, PA.
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The airport has several instrument approaches, including a GPS approach to each runway.
A restaurant named Orville's operated on the field until November, 2008 when it was closed.
Since then a new restaurant, named Kitty Hawk, has taken Orville's place and caters to both airborne (fly in) and terrestrial (drive up) patrons.
York Airport offers flight lessons which are operated by York Flight Training LLC with 4 IFR equipped Cessna 172 aircraft.
The airport is also home of the York Squadron of Civil Air Patrol. Squadron 301 is the oldest continuously active composite squadron in the world.
Airport
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located seven miles (11 km
Kilometre
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) southwest of the city of York
York, Pennsylvania
York, known as the White Rose City , is a city located in York County, Pennsylvania, United States which is in the South Central region of the state. The population within the city limits was 43,718 at the 2010 census, which was a 7.0% increase from the 2000 count of 40,862...
in York County
York County, Pennsylvania
York County is a county in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 434,972. It is in the Susquehanna Valley, a large fertile agricultural region in South Central Pennsylvania....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, USA
United States
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.
It is the second airport to bear the name. The first one, which this one replaced when it closed sometime between 1953 and 1957, was located near the intersection of Roosevelt Ave and Wood Street in York, PA.
Facilities
York Airport covers 66 acres (267,092.8 m²) and has one runwayRunway
According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...
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- Runway 17/35: 5,188 x 100 ft. (1,581 x 30 m), Surface: Asphalt
The airport has several instrument approaches, including a GPS approach to each runway.
A restaurant named Orville's operated on the field until November, 2008 when it was closed.
Since then a new restaurant, named Kitty Hawk, has taken Orville's place and caters to both airborne (fly in) and terrestrial (drive up) patrons.
York Airport offers flight lessons which are operated by York Flight Training LLC with 4 IFR equipped Cessna 172 aircraft.
The airport is also home of the York Squadron of Civil Air Patrol. Squadron 301 is the oldest continuously active composite squadron in the world.