Reading Regional Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Reading Regional Airport
nativename = Carl A. Spaatz Field

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image2-width = 300
caption2 = 13 April 1999
IATA = RDG
ICAO = KRDG
FAA = RDG
type = Public
owner = Reading Regional Airport Authority
operator =
city-served = Reading, Pennsylvania
location =
elevation-f = 344
elevation-m = 105
website = [http://www.readingairport.org/ www.ReadingAirport.org]
r1-number = 13/31
r1-length-f = 6,350
r1-length-m = 1,935
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 18/36
r2-length-f = 5,151
r2-length-m = 1,570
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2006
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 124,650
stat2-header = Based aircraft
stat2-data = 177
stat3-header = Passenger boardings
stat3-data = 2,268
footnotes = Source: FAAFAA-airport|ID=RDG|use=PU|own=PU|site=21329.*A, effective 2007-10-25] and airport web site [ [http://www.readingairport.org/ Reading Regional Airport] , official web site]

Reading Regional Airport airport codes|RDG|KRDG|RDG, also known as Carl A. Spaatz Field, is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Reading, a city in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned by the Reading Regional Airport Authority.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 2,268 passenger boardings in calendar year 2006, 2,445 in 2005 and 9,288 in 2004. [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data] ] The airport formerly had scheduled service on US Airways Express carrier Air Midwest, which ended on September 3, 2004. The airport is now served by three charter airlines.

Charter airlines

*Millennium Aviation
*Reading Air Charter
*Southwest Airlines (Orlando) provided by Boscov's Travel.

Facilities and aircraft

Reading Regional Airport covers an area of 888 acres (359 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 13/31 measuring 6,350 x 150 ft (1,935 x 46 m) and 18/36 measuring 5,151 x 150 ft (1,570 x 46 m).

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 124,650 aircraft operations, an average of 341 per day: 91% general aviation, 5% air taxi, 3% military, 1% commuter/cargo and <1% scheduled commercial. There are 177 aircraft based at this airport: 63% single-engine, 21% multi-engine, 11% jet, 2% helicopter, 2% ultralight and 1% glider.

References

ee also

* Pennsylvania World War II Army Airfields

External links

* [http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdBOA.nsf/infoReading Reading Regional Airport] at Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation
*WikiMapia|40.3785|-75.9653|15|Aerial photo
*FAA-diagram|00627
*US-airport|RDG