|
Pittsburgh International Airport , formerly Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Greater Pittsburgh International Airport and commonly referred to as Pittsburgh International, is a civil–military international airport in the United States' city of Pittsburgh suburbs of Findlay Township and Moon Township, about west of downtown Pittsburgh at Exit 53 of I-376 and the northern (signed as western) terminus of PA Turnpike 576 (Future I-576). ==Overview== The airport is encircled by 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 by Allegheny County 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 with 171 non-stop flights per day to 52 destinations on twelve airlines.〔http://www.flypittsburgh.com/pit-traffic-report-august-2015-new-flights-on-vacation-express-allegiant-southwest-contribute-to-growth-1〕 It also is 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 an air cargo facility and supports general aviation operations. PIT is the second busiest passenger airport in Pennsylvania and 47th-busiest in the United States, serving 8,041,357 passengers in 2012. The airport has the longest runways of a commercial airport in Pennsylvania at . Until 2004, US Airways' largest hub was at PIT. In 2010, the airline remained PIT's largest carrier (handling 26 percent of passengers). On October 17, 2015, US Airways officially merged with American Airlines to become the world's largest airline. The new American Airlines currently uses fifteen gates, more than any other airline at PIT. The airport has flights to Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, and Europe. Nonstop transatlantic flights resumed on June 3, 2009 when Delta Air Lines began flights to Paris. The new service operates 5 days a week and was made possible by Delta's successful joint-venture with Air France. PIT occupies more than , making it the fourth-largest airport by land area owned in the nation,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About.com: Pittsburgh International Airport )〕 behind Denver International Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Orlando International Airport. OAG Worldwide listed PIT on its short list of the world's best airports for four consecutive years. The market research leader, JD Power and Associates named PIT among the top five airports in its two most recent customer satisfaction surveys. Conde Nast Traveler's Magazine named PIT the best in the United States and third in the world in its 2000 People's Choice Award. In 2011 Conde Nast Traveler ranked the facility the 7th best for business travelers. 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「Pittsburgh International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|