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Airport type
  
Public

6/24
  
6,701

Elevation
  
378 m

Serves
  
State College

Elevation AMSL
  
1,239 ft / 377.6 m

Code
  
SCE

Phone
  
+1 814-865-5511

University Park Airport

Operator
  
Centre County Airport Authority

Location
  
State College, Pennsylvania

Website
  
universityparkairport.com

Address
  
2535 Fox Hill Rd, State College, PA 16803, USA

Owner
  
Pennsylvania State University

Profiles

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University Park Airport (IATA: SCE, ICAO: KUNV, FAA LID: UNV) is a public airport located in Benner Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania. The airport serves the towns of State College and Bellefonte, and the surrounding area.

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The airport is owned by The Pennsylvania State University, but the terminal building and parking areas are owned and operated by the Centre County Airport Authority. It is served by several major airlines, connecting to hubs in the Northeast and Midwest. As of 2016, University Park Airport was served by three airlines, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and American Airlines.

Us airways american crj 200 takeoff from university park airport


History

Starting in the 1950s, private pilots in the area had constructed a small airport on land leased from Penn State, just north of State College. The Centre County Airport Authority was created to manage the development of the airport.

Penn State assumed the lease and assets of the airport in 1972. A permanent passenger terminal was built in 1985.[1] A new passenger terminal was completed in 1993, and cargo operations moved to the original terminal building. The airport underwent a runway expansion project in 1997, and the main runway was lengthened to 6,701 ft (2,042 m). A new general aviation hangar was built in 2001.

Construction on the airport's new control tower began on January 8, 2010 and was completed in early August 2011. The Airport Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) went operational on September 1, 2011 and is operated by Midwest Air Traffic Control under the Federal Contract Tower Program.

In 2014, there were 142,551 enplanements according to the U.S. Department of Transportation making University Park Airport the 6th busiest airport in Pennsylvania.

Services

Services at the airport include a fixed-base operator (FBO), fuel, flight planning services, aircraft repair, and hangar rental. Amenities include a snack bar in the terminal building, free Wi-Fi, charging stations for mobile devices, a pilot lounge, and conference rooms. Taxi, limousine services, and car rentals are also available.

Top Destinations

Top destinations out of SCE during May 2015 - April 2016

References

University Park Airport Wikipedia