Wilkes-Barre Wyoming Valley Airport is a county-owned, public airport located in Forty Fort and Wyoming in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility. The primary airport of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton metropolitan area is the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (AVP).
History The airport was established in 1929. It came into the possession of Luzerne County in the 1940s. The original brick hangar was designed by Wilkes-Barre architect L. Verne Lacy, and constructed by Forty Fort contractor, Sordoni Construction Company, circa 1930. Sordoni Construction Company Brochure 1940
Facilities
The airport covers 135 acres (55 ha) at an elevation of 543 feet (166 m). It has two runways: 7/25 is 3,375 by 75 feet (1,029 × 23 m) asphalt; 9/27 is 2,191 by 100 feet (668 × 30 m) asphalt and turf.
In 2011, the airport had 25,125 aircraft operations, average 68 per day: 99.5% general aviation, 0.3% military and 0.2% air taxi. 51 aircraft were then based at the airport: 98% single-engine and 2% multi-engine.
See also List of airports in Pennsylvania
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