Summary
Jake Arner Memorial Airport (FAA LID: 22N) is a public non-towered airport that serves Lehighton, Pennsylvania and the surrounding areas. The airport is home to 35 based aircraft as of 2015, and has about 13,000 aircraft movements every calendar year. It was surveyed at an elevation of 534 ft and 163 m above sea level.[2]
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Carbon County Airport Authority[1] | ||||||||||
| Operator | Carbon County Airport Authority | ||||||||||
| Serves | Lehighton, PA | ||||||||||
| Location | Lehighton, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1964 | ||||||||||
| Passenger services ceased | 1977 | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 534 ft / 163 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°48′34″N 75°45′41″W / 40.8095089°N 75.7614964°W | ||||||||||
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History edit
Founding and beginning of Jet Age edit
Jake Arner Memorial Airport was open in December 1964 and was named Lehighton Municipal Airport at the time. The airport flourished in its beginning years; it was a military and commercial airport until commercial service was dropped in 1977. During its relatively brief 10 years of commercial service, the airport saw service from Eastern Air Lines, launched in Spring of 1967, flew Convair 440 Metropolitan daily to Philadelphia via Philadelphia International Airport. Although the founding of the airport was in the midst of the Jet Age in aviation there were very few commercial jets flying into Lehighton.[3] And due to low passenger numbers, an increase in jet fuel and competition of airlines Eastern pulled out of Lehighton after a little over 10 years in 1977.
Modern use edit
There have been no commercial scheduled flights to Lehighton in 40 years. Currently, Jake Arner Memorial Airport is a general aviation airport.[4]
Aircraft movements edit
Jake Arner Memorial Airport has had 13,149 aircraft movements in the calendar year or 2015 at a rate of approximately 36 movements per day. The aircraft movements are broken down into percentage form: 77% local general aviation, 19% transient general aviation, 2% military, 2% air taxi. And of the 35 aircraft based on the field in 2015, 27 are Single engine airplanes, 6 are Multi engine airplanes, with one helicopter and one glider.[5][6]
Aircraft movements by year edit
| Year | Movements | Change |
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| 2010 | 11,367 | N/A |
| 2011 | 11,123 |  -244
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| 2012 | 14,410 |  +3,287
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| 2013 | 12,111 | -2,299
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| 2014 | 13,009 | +898
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| 2015 | 13,149 | +140
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| 2016 | TBA No data |
All data per Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Airport News Carbon County Airports". airport news. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Jake Arner Memorial Airport at AirNav.com". airnav.com. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "The Jet age never gained its footing in Lehighton". airport-data. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Lehighton Airport stats, info and news". global air. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Jake Arner Memorial Airport airplane movements info and data". 1 February 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ "Skyvectir Jake Arner Airport (PA) info, maps and data". skyvector.com. 7 September 2015. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
External links edit
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 22N
- AirNav airport information for 22N
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 22N