Franklin County Regional Airport ( FAA LID : N68 ), formerly known as Chambersburg Municipal Airport , is a general aviation airport located three miles (5 km) north of the Borough of Chambersburg , in Franklin County , Pennsylvania , USA . The airport is situated approximately 45 miles southwest of Harrisburg .
7-558: In 2004, the Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA) bought Franklin County Regional Airport and formed a Study Advisory Group (SAG) to develop a list of recommended improvements at the airport. Those improvements included: rehabilitation of the runway, taxiway, ramp area and other landside faculties, additional parking, signage, hangars, an automated weather observation station (AWOS) and
14-520: A fueling service. The improvements will be made on a priority basis and as grant monies become available. Franklin County Regional Airport was opened in July 1970. In 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Franklin County Regional Airport a $ 720,000 grant to construct a parallel taxiway to runway 6/24, which will eliminate the need for aircraft to turn around at the end of
21-470: A total of 11,910 aircraft movements at the airport. Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority The Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority (SARAA) is the governing authority of Harrisburg International Airport , Capital City Airport , Franklin County Regional Airport and Gettysburg Regional Airport in south-central Pennsylvania . SARAA was incorporated on September 9, 1997, and officially took over control of HIA and CXY airports from
28-601: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on January 1, 1998. SARAA was the culmination of an effort that began in the 1990s by the counties of Cumberland , Dauphin , York and the cities of Harrisburg and York . The counties and cities placed a major emphasis on air transportation that led to a study of the aviation needs of the region. In 1996, the results of the study led to the formation of the Airport Divestiture Group (ADG, chaired by Robert F. Frazier ) to negotiate
35-634: The Franklin County Regional Airport, located near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania was bought by the airport authority. SARAA now operates four airports in the greater Harrisburg metropolitan area. On August 25, 2006, SARAA acquired the Gettysburg Regional Airport (GRA), formerly identified as the Gettysburg Airport and Travel Center. GRA opened in 1926 and had been a privately operated general aviation service airport. It
42-606: The divestiture of both Harrisburg International Airport (HIA) and Capital City Airport (CXY) from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation , Bureau of Aviation to an independent regional entity. The recipient of these airports was the Susquehanna Area Regional Airports Authority (SARAA, initially chaired by Frazier) which assumed title to, and operation of, the initial pair of airports (HIA and CXY) on and after January 1, 1998. In 2004,
49-426: The runway and taxi back down the runway to the main taxiway. The parallel taxiway will be approximately 700 feet long, and will terminate at an intersection with the main taxiway that's used to get to and from the aircraft apron. Franklin County Regional Airport has one runway: There are 16 aircraft based at Franklin County Regional Airport (15 single engine aircraft & 1 multi engine aircraft). In 2015, there were
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