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Allegheny County Airport (KAGC) is a historic general-aviation and corporate airport in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, about seven miles southeast of downtown Pittsburgh. Once the region's main commercial gateway, it now serves as the FAA-designated reliever airport for Pittsburgh International, with a control tower, an ILS-equipped main runway and a strong general-aviation and corporate-jet presence.
Allegheny County Airport sits in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, a short distance southeast of downtown Pittsburgh, and is owned and operated by the Allegheny County Airport Authority. It is the designated FAA reliever airport for Pittsburgh International Airport and today handles small and mid-sized private, corporate and commercial traffic rather than airline services. For a simulator pilot it offers an interesting mix of an Art Deco 1930s terminal, an ILS approach to a substantial hard-surface runway, and a busy corporate and flight-training environment close to a major metropolitan area.
The airport lies in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, roughly seven miles (11 km) southeast of Pittsburgh, within the wider Pittsburgh terminal area and close to Pittsburgh International Airport, for which it serves as the primary FAA-designated reliever field. It is a towered airport, with a control tower providing an air traffic service on the frequencies listed below.
Allegheny County Airport has two paved runways. Runway 10/28 is 6,490 feet long, hard-surfaced, lit, and equipped with an ILS. Runway 13/31 is 3,820 feet long, hard-surfaced and lit but has no instrument approach. Field elevation is 1,247 feet.
Pittsburgh Approach/Departure works the field on 119.35 MHz, with an ATIS broadcast on 120.55 MHz. Ground control operates on 121.7 MHz and the tower on 121.1 MHz. Altoona Radio can be reached on 122.2 MHz, and UNICOM is available on 122.95 MHz. Runway 10/28 is served by an ILS approach; the airport's former VOR approach to the now-closed Runway 5/23 was decommissioned when that runway was closed.
The airport lies close to Pittsburgh's densely populated South Hills, the Monroeville area and the Monongahela Valley, all useful general landmarks when routing towards the field from the city side.
Allegheny County Airport was dedicated on 11 September 1931 and, on completion, was the third-largest airport in the United States and the only one with an all hard-surface runway system at the time. It served as the principal commercial gateway to Pittsburgh until the Greater Pittsburgh Airport, now Pittsburgh International, opened for commercial traffic in June 1952. The Art Deco terminal building was designed by Stanley L. Roush, with further additions by Henry Hornbostel in 1936; by that summer the field was noted for having the largest combined runway paving in the world, at some 50 miles, and for being one of the largest airports in the world at 108 acres. Over the years the airport has hosted a variety of larger business aircraft, including a Boeing 727 and two DC-9s based on the field, and has occasionally received chartered airliners, including Air Force 2, a Boeing 757, on political visits. Runway 5/23, at 2,550 feet, was closed in 2004 under FAA policy on funding short runways, and its associated VOR approach was decommissioned at the same time.
Allegheny County Airport continues to serve small and mid-sized private, corporate and commercial aircraft up to DC-9 size, without scheduled airline service. It is home to the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics, a large aircraft maintenance school, and to the headquarters of the STAT MedEvac helicopter emergency medical service, based at the airport's eastern end. An Airport Rescue and Fire Fighting station is staffed around the clock. The terminal building has undergone extensive renovation in recent years, including masonry and interior restoration work, while retaining its original Art Deco character.
