WILLIAMSPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT

'Williamsport Regional Airport' 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.

Contents

Events

Services

Airlines and destinations

Terminal Building

Related facts

References

External links

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.

Services

★ DeGoll Jet Center, family-owned fixed base operator

★ Skyview restaurant

★ Avis and Hertz car rental inside the terminal.

★ Williamsport flight service station on field.

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

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★ US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Philadelphia)

Terminal Building

★ U.S Airways Express Gates

★ Avis and Herts Renatl car counters

★ Skyview restaurant

★ NWS station

Related facts

★ On April 25, 1983, 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]

References

★ Airport Master Record (FAA Form 5010), also available as a ★ class=wikiexternal target=_blank>A&fn=IPT printable form (PDF)

★ Williamsport Regional Airport (official web site)

External links

★ Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation: Williamsport Regional Airport

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