Gettysburg Regional Airport , formerly known as the Gettysburg Airport and Travel Center, is a general aviation

General aviation

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 airport located two miles (4 km) west of the Gettysburg

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

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, in Adams County

Adams County, Pennsylvania

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, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, USA

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. The airport is situated approximately 38 miles (61.2 km) south of Harrisburg

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg is the capital of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 49,528, making it the ninth largest city in Pennsylvania...

.

The airport opened in 1926 and had been a privately operated general aviation

General aviation

General aviation is one of the two categories of civil aviation. It refers to all flights other than military and scheduled airline and regular cargo flights, both private and commercial. General aviation flights range from gliders and powered parachutes to large, non-scheduled cargo jet flights...

 service airport. It is located on roughly 47 acres (190,202.4 m²) in Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania

Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania

Cumberland Township is a township in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 5,718 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water.-Demographics:As of the census of...

. On August 25, 2006, the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority

Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority

The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority is the governing authority of Harrisburg International Airport, Capital City Airport, Franklin County Regional Airport and Gettysburg Regional Airport in south-central Pennsylvania...

 acquired the airport and changed its official name.

Facilities

Gettysburg Regional Airport has one runway

Runway

According to ICAO a runway is a "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and take-off of aircraft." Runways may be a man-made surface or a natural surface .- Orientation and dimensions :Runways are named by a number between 01 and 36, which is generally one tenth...

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• Runway 6/24: 3,100 x 60 ft (945 x 18 m), Surface: Asphalt
  Asphalt
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• Partial taxiway on either side of the runway provides access to the hangar areas and fuel farm.
• Landside facilities include four hangar units, 18,682 (sq ft) of hangar space.

External links

• Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation: Gettysburg Regional Airport