Johnstown-Cambria County Airport

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John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport
IATA: JST – ICAO: KJST – FAA: JST
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Johnstown-Cambria County Airport Authority
Serves		Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL		2,284 ft / 696 m
Coordinates		40°18′58″N 078°50′02″W / 40.31611, -78.83389
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
15/33	7,003	2,135	Asphalt
5/23	4,386	1,337	Asphalt
Statistics (2007)
Aircraft operations			59,430
Based aircraft			69
Source: Federal Aviation Administration^[1]

The John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport (IATA: JST, ICAO: KJST, FAA LID: JST) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Johnstown, a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned by the Johnstown-Cambria County Airport Authority.^[1]

The airport is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

The John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County (JMJCC) Airport is home to several military units. The airport houses the Pennsylvania Army National Guard 1-104th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (Company's HHC,A,C,D, and E) and Det 1, 1-169th Aviation (Med-Evac). It also houses the 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, the Marine Wing Support Squadron 474 (MWSS-474), Detachment A, and the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775 (HMLA-775), Detachment A.^[2]

1 Facilities and aircraft
2 Airline and destinations
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport covers an area of 650 acres (263 ha) at an elevation of 2,284 feet (696 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 15/33 measuring 7,003 x 150 feet (2,135 x 46 m) and 5/23 measuring 4,386 x 100 feet (1,337 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2007, the airport had 59,430 aircraft operations, an average of 162 per day: 64% general aviation, 29% military, 6% air taxi and 2% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 69 aircraft based at this airport: 38% single-engine, 6% multi-engine, 1% jet and 55% military.^[1]