Airport type Public Code DUJ Phone +1 814-328-5311 | Elevation AMSL 1,817 ft / 554 m Elevation 554 m | |
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Owner/Operator Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority Serves DuBois, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania Location Washington Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Address 377 Aviation Way, Reynoldsville, PA 15851, USA Similar Clearfield Jefferson Counties, Penn Highlands DuBois, Us FAA, Clarion Hotel, Holiday Inn Express & Suites Du | ||
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DuBois Regional Airport (IATA: DUJ, ICAO: KDUJ, FAA LID: DUJ), formerly known as DuBois–Jefferson County Airport, is a public use airport in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located seven nautical miles (13 km) northwest of the central business district of Dubois, a city in Clearfield County. The airport is on Pennsylvania Route 830 in Washington Township. It is owned and operated by the Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority, based at the airport. It is mostly used for general aviation, but has scheduled service on one airline, Silver Airways, which has a maintenance base at the airport. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
Contents
- Southern airways plane arriving at dubois regional airport
- Landing in dubois regional airport
- History
- Facilities and aircraft
- Airline and destinations
- Incidents
- References
As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 3,230 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 5,096 in 2009, and 5,728 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.
DuBois Regional is a refueling stop for many transient aircraft due to its proximity to Interstate 80 and several main east–west air routes, as well as an on-field restaurant.
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History
In the early 1950s the City of DuBois created a Municipal Airport Authority which looked into means of expanding the existing DuBois City Airport, in the Oklahoma section, east of the city. They determined that site was unsuitable for expansion and joined with Jefferson County officials to procure the present site, 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of DuBois. Construction was completed and the first flight was made on June 1, 1960 by Allegheny Airlines. In the 1960s and 1970s radio navigational aids were added, including a non-directional beacon (DU), and finally an Instrument Landing System (ILS) for runway 25 (IDUJ).
Brockway Glass Corporation, headquartered in nearby Brockway, Pennsylvania, built a corporate hangar for their aircraft (and later a commuter airline service), and Fixed-Base Operator Beechwoods Flying Service built general aviation "T hangars", fuel pumps and maintenance hangars. The FAA opened a Flight Service Station in 1963 to provide weather and aviation advisory service to pilots, which is noted for rapidly changing and severe weather. In the 1970s the FAA located a regional radio navigational maintenance facility on the field.
In 1988 Brockway Glass was taken over by Owens-Illinois and its assets were liquidated, including the Crown Airways commuter airline. The Flight Service Station closed in 1990 during FSS consolidation, and its functions were assumed by the Altoona FSS.
Since 1991 the airport complex has continued to expand and renovate its facilities. Since 2001 it has been designated a Foreign Trade Zone. State route PA-830 has been relocated to a new access road, and dedicated as the "Bud Scherer Memorial Highway" to honor the memory of longtime Airport Manager Francis "Bud" Scherer. It carries traffic from U.S. Interstate 80 and the borough of Falls Creek.
Facilities and aircraft
Dubois Regional Airport covers an area of 399 acres (161 ha) at an elevation of 1,817 feet (554 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,503 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 6,631 aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day: 47% general aviation, 41% scheduled commercial, 12% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine and 8% multi-engine.
Airline and destinations
The following airline offers scheduled passenger service: