Reading Regional Airport

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Coordinates: 40°22′43″N 075°57′55″W / 40.37861, -75.96528

Reading Regional Airport
Carl A. Spaatz Field


13 April 1999
IATA: RDG – ICAO: KRDG – FAA: RDG
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner Reading Regional Airport Authority
Serves Reading, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL 344 ft / 105 m
Website www.ReadingAirport.org
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
13/31 6,350 1,935 Asphalt
18/36 5,151 1,570 Asphalt
Statistics (2006)
Aircraft operations 124,650
Based aircraft 177
Passenger boardings 2,268
Source: FAA[1] and airport web site[2]

Reading Regional Airport (IATA: RDG, ICAO: KRDG, FAA LID: RDG), also known as Carl A. Spaatz Field, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Reading, a city in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned by the Reading Regional Airport Authority.[1]

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,268 passenger boardings in calendar year 2006, 2,445 in 2005 and 9,288 in 2004.[3] The airport formerly had scheduled service on US Airways Express carrier Air Midwest, which ended on September 3, 2004. The airport is now served by three charter airlines.

Contents

[edit] Charter airlines

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Reading Regional Airport covers an area of 888 acres (359 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 measuring 6,350 x 150 ft. (1,935 x 46 m) and 18/36 measuring 5,151 x 150 ft. (1,570 x 46 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 124,650 aircraft operations, an average of 341 per day: 91% general aviation, 5% air taxi, 3% military, 1% commuter/cargo and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 177 aircraft based at this airport: 63% single-engine, 21% multi-engine, 11% jet, 2% helicopter, 2% ultralight and 1% glider.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for RDG (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
  2. ^ Reading Regional Airport, official web site
  3. ^ FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data

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