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DuBois Regional Airport 
IATA: DUJ – ICAO: KDUJ – FAA LID: DUJ Summary Airport type Public Owner Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority Location Washington Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania Elevation AMSL 1,817 ft / 554 m Coordinates 41°10′41″N 78°53′55″W / 41.17806°N 78.89861°W Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 7/25 5,504 1,678 Asphalt/Treated DuBois Regional Airport (IATA: DUJ, ICAO: KDUJ, FAA LID: DUJ), formerly known as DuBois-Jefferson County Airport, is a public airport located on Pennsylvania Route 830 in Washington Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA.[1] Owned and operated by the Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority, which is based on the airport grounds,[2] the airport covers 399 acres (161 ha) and has one runway. It is mostly used for general aviation but is also served by one commercial airline, Gulfstream International Airlines,[3] which has a maintenance base at the airport. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program. The airport serves Clearfield, Elk, and Jefferson counties.[2]
DuBois Regional Airport is a popular refueling stop for many transient aircraft due to its proximity to Interstate 80 and several main east-west air routes, as well as an on-field restaurant.[4]
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History
In the early 1950s, the City of DuBois created a Municipal Airport Authority which looked into means of expanding the existing DuBois City Airport, in the Oklahoma section, east of the city. They determined that site was unsuitable for further expansion, and joined with Jefferson County officials to procure the present site, 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of DuBois. Construction was completed and the first flight was made on June 1, 1960 by Allegheny Airlines. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, radio navigational aids were added, including a non-directional beacon (DU), and finally a full Instrument Landing System (ILS) for runway 25 (IDUJ).
Brockway Glass Corporation, headquartered in nearby Brockway, Pennsylvania, constructed a corporate hangar on the apron to house their corporate aircraft (and later a commuter airline service), and Fixed Base Operator Beechwoods Flying Service constructed general aviation "T hangars", fuel pumps and maintenance hangars. The FAA opened a Flight Service Station in 1963 to provide weather observation and aviation advisory services to pilots in the region, which is noted for rapidly changing and severe weather. In the 1970s, the FAA also located a regional radio navigational maintenance facility on the field.
In 1988, Brockway Glass was taken over by Owens-Illinois, and its assets were liquidated, including the Crown Airways commuter airline. The Flight Service Station was closed in 1990 during FSS consolidation, and its functions were assumed by the Altoona FSS.
Since 1991, the airport complex has continued to expand and renovate its facilities, grounds, and infrastructure. Since 2001 it has been designated a Foreign Trade Zone. State route PA-830 has been relocated to a new access road, and dedicated as the "Bud Scherer Memorial Highway" to honor the memory of longtime Airport Manager Francis "Bud" Scherer. It carries traffic from U.S. Interstate 80 and the borough of Falls Creek.
Airline and destinations
Airlines Destinations Continental Connection operated by Gulfstream International Airlines[3] Cleveland, Franklin Incidents and accidents
- On 27 March 1975, Douglas C-48A N6 of the Federal Aviation Administration crashed on take-off. The aircraft was operating an executive flight to Harrisburg International Airport. All eleven people on board survived.[5]
- On 9 April 2003 - Skyway Enterprises Shorts 330-200 aircraft (N805SW), on a flight from Pittsburgh was about to land at DuBois Regional Airport, when an engine surged, the pilot attempted to go round again to land and crashed left of the runway. The aircraft was substantially damaged but the two crew survived.[6]
References
- ^ "Washington township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 14, 2010.
- ^ a b "DuBois Regional Airport." DuBois Regional Airport. Retrieved on February 14, 2010.
- ^ a b "Destinations Served" (Web). Chicago, Illinois: Continental Airlines. 2010. http://www.continental.com/web/en-us/content/company/alliance/gulfstream.aspx. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- ^ "http://www.dujairport.com/restaurant.asp." DuBois Regional Airport. Retrieved on May 16, 2010.
- ^ "N6 Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19750327-0. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
- ^ Aviation Safety Network retrieved 26 November 2006
- FAA Airport Master Record for DUJ (Form 5010 PDF)
- DuBois Regional Airport (official web site)
External links
- "Dubois Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation: DuBois-Jefferson County Airport" (PDF). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: State of Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation. 2010. ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/bureaus/aviation/directory/dubois.pdf. Retrieved 2010-11-28., "Dubois Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation: DuBois-Jefferson County Airport" (Web). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: State of Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation. 2010. http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdBOA.nsf. Retrieved 2010-11-28.
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KDUJ
- ASN accident history for DUJ
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures for KDUJ
Categories:- Airports in Pennsylvania
- Essential Air Service
- Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
- Transportation in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
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