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Allegheny County Airport is in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, four miles (6 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. When it was completed, it was third largest airport in the country, as well as the only hard-surface airport in the country.〔 It was historically the main entrance to metro Pittsburgh via air from its inception up until June, 1952 when the Greater Pittsburgh Airport (now Pittsburgh International Airport - KPIT) opened for commercial aviation.〔 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. The airport is popular among business travelers, 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 had a Hollywood big screen moment in 2004's ''The Mothman Prophecies'', serving as the small "Pt. Pleasant" airport where the governor and Richard Gere debate how serious the impending crisis is in the river town. Also the Airport and Terminal were used in the 1986 movie ''Gung Ho'' starring Michael Keaton. ==Facilities== The main terminal was built on a former steel industry slag dump 〔 〕 in 1931 by Stanley L. Roush, with later additions by Henry Hornbostel in 1936.〔 Aiming for a more modern design for the building, it was designed in white brick with touches of black, silver, and green. Hornbostel continued with these colors for his additions. Above the stainless-steel canopy is a semi-hexagonal doorhead. To each side is an Art Deco urn with medallions containing images of flight by both humans and animals.〔 The 1936 renovations bricked up all windows of the field to the restaurant and by the summer of 1936 it had long been known for the largest amount of runway paving in the world at a combined 50 miles, as well as being one of the largest fields in the world at 108 acres.〔 Although it no longer services major commercial traffic, the airport can still accommodate aircraft up to the size of a DC-9.〔 Allegheny County Airport covers and has two active runways and one helipad: * Runway 10/28: 6,501 x 150 ft (1,982 x 46 m) Concrete * Runway 13/31: 3,825 x 100 ft (1,166 x 30 m) Concrete * Helipad H1: 47 x 45 ft (14 x 14 m) Concrete 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allegheny County Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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