Altoona/Blair County
AOO · KAOO · Altoona, Pennsylvania · Blair County · map
Altoona/Blair County is a public-use airport owned by Blair County Airport Auth, 12 miles south of Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1,503 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 03/21, is 5,465 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 28 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 23,750 takeoffs and landings a year. About 3,724 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Altoona/Blair County?
Its FAA code is AOO, and its ICAO code is KAOO.
Where is Altoona/Blair County?
It is 12 miles south of Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1,503 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Altoona/Blair County?
The longest of its 2 runways, 03/21, is 5,465 feet long.
Does Altoona/Blair County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Altoona/Blair County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Altoona/Blair County?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Charlotte/Douglas International, Raleigh County Memorial, Myrtle Beach International, Mid-Ohio Valley Regional, Shenandoah Valley Regional. Every route
Are there flight schools at Altoona/Blair County?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: D Flight School LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Altoona/Blair County?
3 pilot examiners and 6 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Altoona/Blair County…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AOO · ICAO KAOO
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Blair County Airport Auth
- Elevation
- 1,503 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 4:30 am to 10:30 pm; Saturday, 7:30 am to 7:30 pm; Sunday, 8:30 am to 8:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,465 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 12/30 | 3,668 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 46 ft high 886 ft from the end
- Runway 21: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), tree 72 ft high 1,950 ft from the end
- Runway 12: PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 7 ft high 260 ft from the end
- Runway 30: PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 15 ft high 397 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 123.6 | |
| Approach and departure | 121.2 | |
| Altoona and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.4 | |
| Aoo and automated weather (ASOS) | 127.125 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 814-793-9655.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high-pressure), bulk oxygen (high-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Bedford County (15 nm southwest), John Murtha Johnstown/Cambria County (24 nm west), Somerset County (35 nm southwest).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Pennsylvania · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Preferred runway is runway 21; for noise abatement when departure runway 03 maintenance runway hdg until 2 NM north of airport.
- High-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 and medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 preset low intst, incr intst and activate PAPI runways 12, 30, 03 and 21, approach lights (MALSR) runway 21 and runway end identifier lights runways 03, 12, and 30 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 12/30 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats. No part 121/PART 380 operations except for tax.
- Runway 03/21, threshold lights and edge lights out of service except with pcl, available from 0100-1300Z daily.
- Runway 12/30, threshold lights and edge lights out of service except with pcl, available from 0100-1300Z daily.
- Has + 4 feet gnd 20 feet from runway end 215 feet right.
- Runway/taxiway conditions unmonitored outside of nml attendance hours.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 636 departures from AOO in those twelve months, carrying 11,341 passengers in 18,972 seats (60% filled), to 20 destinations on 1 airline.
All 20 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 23 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
| jets | 1 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 23,750, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| air taxi and commuter | 5,150 |
| general aviation, travelling | 14,000 |
| general aviation, local | 4,500 |
| military | 100 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Altoona from the FAA register
17 aircraft are registered to owners in Altoona, Pennsylvania: 12 piston singles, 3 business jets, 2 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- D Flight School LLC 1 aircraft · Altoona
Charter operators and airlines based in Altoona:
- Bun Air Corporation 3 aircraft on the certificate Bun Air Corporation is an aviation services company based at Bedford County Airport in Pennsylvania that has operated for over 50 years.
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
3 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 3 for private pilot, 2 for commercial and instrument, 2 for flight instructor; 2 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 6 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 5 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Richard Michael Morning private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Altoona, PA (0 nm) · (850) 516-5776 · [email protected]
- Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Greater Cumberland Regional Airport · Wiley Ford, WV (46 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
- Charles Edward Sargent private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Latrobe, PA (50 nm) · (724) 513-7274 · [email protected]
All 24 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 9 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Altoona 17 aircraft · 12 piston singles, 3 business jets, 2 turboprops
- Sheetz Aviation INC 2 aircraft in town
- Morning Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Means To Go LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Bun Air Corporation 3 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- D Flight School LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 579 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Raleigh County Memorial (BKW) 13 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Myrtle Beach International (MYR) 9 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Mid-Ohio Valley Regional (PKB) 5 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Shenandoah Valley Regional (SHD) 5 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- North Central West Virginia (CKB) 4 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Altoona/Blair County (AOO) 3 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- Washington Dulles International (IAD) 3 flights in twelve months · CFM Inc d/b/a Contour Airlines d/b/a One Jet Shuttle
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 9 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 233 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Pennsylvania 118 landing places
- Pennsylvania 6,186 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AOO.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 29, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.