Pittsburgh Northeast Airport

Pittsburgh Northeast Airport

(West Penn Airport) (Rock Airport)
Pittsburgh Northeast Airport; (West Penn Airport) (Rock Airport)
AMSL	1,063 ft / 324 m
Coordinates	40°36′13″N 079°49′34″W / 40.60361°N 79.82611°W
Map
	9G1 Location of airport in Pennsylvania 9G1 9G1 (the United States)
Runways
Statistics (2024)
Aircraft operations (12 months ending June 2, 2021)
Aircraft operations (12 months ending June 2, 2021)	1000
Based aircraft	0
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Pittsburgh Northeast Airport (

West Deer Township. The airport is located a few miles north of Pittsburgh Mills shopping mall

.

Facilities and aircraft

Pittsburgh Northeast Airport covers an area of 149 acres (60 ha) at an

mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,550 by 100 feet (1,082 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending November 23, 2011, the airport had 2,982 aircraft operations, an average of 248 per month: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% multi-engine.^[1] As of March 2019, no aircraft are based in the facility.^[2]

History

The property went through a major overhaul between 2000 and 2004, and can now accommodate larger aircraft.^{[citation needed]} The airport's former runway, designated 2/20, had an asphalt surface measuring 2,645 by 36 feet (806 x 11 m).^[3]

This airport was included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.^[4] It was originally known as West Penn Airport.^{[citation needed]}

Formerly known as Rock Airport, Pittsburgh Northeast Airport was bought for $9 million in 2014 by Alaskan Property Management, a subsidiary of Management Science Associates, after the former owner filed for bankruptcy.^[2]

In 2022, the airport was owned by Carnegie Mellon University and used to test drones.^[5]

Incidents

On May 11, 2011, shortly after 1:45pm two students, a science teacher, and a pilot attempted a takeoff on runway 35. They went off of the end of the runway and fell off of the bank.^[6]

References

^
PDF
. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 18, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "West Deer officials left to wonder about status of airport property". 13 March 2019.
^ "9G1 – Rock Airport". FAA data republished by AirNav. February 16, 2006. Archived from the original on February 26, 2006.
^ "2009–2013 NPIAS Report, Appendix A: Part 4" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 15, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF, 1.61 MB) on June 6, 2011.
^ Irvin-Mitchell, Atiya (12 September 2022). "KEF Robotics is flying high with DoD research grants and Pittsburgh support". Technical.ly. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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