Williamsport Regional Airport

Williamsport Regional Airport

IATA: IPT – ICAO: KIPT IPT Location of airport in Pennsylvania
Summary
Airport type		Public
Owner		Williamsport Municipal Airport Authority
Location		Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL		529 ft / 161.2 m
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
9/27	6,474	1,973	Asphalt
12/30	4,280	1,305	Asphalt

Williamsport Regional Airport (IATA: IPT, ICAO: KIPT) is a public towered airport located 4 miles (6.4 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.

Events

Williamsport Regional holds an annual balloon fest in mid-September.

The Williamsport Regional Association of Pilots holds a Fly-In every June.

The airport used to have almost 23 flights a day to every major city in the Northeast United States, and to the major midwest cities of Pittsburgh, and Cleveland. It slimmed down in the 1980s, 1990s, and in 2004 cutting from 10 to 5 flights a day when US Airways cut flights to Pittsburgh International Airport. Today, US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines operates 3 flights a day to Philadelphia International Airport.

Airlines	Destinations
US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines	Philadelphia

Runway 9/27 is currently undergoing an extension project.
A new direct connect to Interstate 180 is in the final stages of research and design before construction starts, which will have an exit specifically for the airport. A new train/auto bridge will be built, and the deteriorating Lycoming Valley Railroad bridge over Loyalsock Creek will be razed.
The runway extension and new bridge are being built so the airport can attract new airlines to eliminate US Airways high priced monopoly for commercial air travel at the airport.

On April 25, 1993, Thomas L. Knauff set an FAI world record flying a glider on an out-and-return course of 1,646.68 km (1,023.20 mi), 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 recently broken in Argentina, but still stands as a U.S. national record.[1]