Beaver County Airport is a county-owned public-use airport

Airport

An airport is a location where aircraft such as fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take off and land. Aircraft may be stored or maintained at an airport...

 located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district

Central business district

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 of Beaver Falls

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Beaver Falls is a city in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 8,987 at the 2010 census. It is located 31 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, and on the Beaver River, six miles from its confluence with the Ohio River...

, a city in Beaver County

Beaver County, Pennsylvania

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 181,412 people, 72,576 households, and 50,512 families residing in the county. The population density was 418 people per square mile . There were 77,765 housing units at an average density of 179 per square mile...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

, United States

United States

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Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier

Location identifier

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 for the FAA

Federal Aviation Administration

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 and IATA

International Air Transport Association

The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...

, Beaver County Airport is assigned BVI by the FAA and BFP by the IATA (which assigned BVI to Birdsville Airport

Birdsville Airport

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 in Birdsville, Queensland

Birdsville, Queensland

-External links:*...

, Australia

Australia

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Facilities and aircraft

Beaver County Airport covers an area of 228 acres (92.3 ha) which contains one asphalt

Asphalt

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 paved runway

Runway

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 designated 10/28 which measures 4,501 x 100 ft (1,372 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 30, 2006, the airport had 68,940 aircraft operations, an average of 188 per day: 99.9% general aviation

General aviation

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 and 0.1% military. There are 137 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 4% jet and 2% helicopter

Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...

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B-17 Nine-O-Nine

In August 1987, the famous B-17 Flying Fortress Nine-O-Nine

Nine-O-Nine

The Nine-O-Nine, a B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber of the 323rd Bomb Squadron, 91st Bomb Group, completed 140 combat missions during World War II, believed to be the Eighth Air Force record for most missions, and never lost a crewman as a casualty....

crashed during an airshow

Airshow

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 at the airport. The plane was attempting to land but ran off the end of the runway where it received extensive damage. It has since been repaired and continues to fly at airshows across the United States.

Beaver Valley Flying Club, Inc

The Beaver Valley Flying Club, Inc is a not-for-profit organization which has been in operation since 1967 on the Airport. The Club currently operates two airplanes, a G500 Cessna 172 and a 2002 Archer III.

External links

• Beaver Valley Flying Club, Inc
• Beaver County Airport at Pennsylvania DOT Bureau of Aviation
• Airport information at Beaver County website