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).
Weather right now KAOO · observed 4:53 pm EDT (20:53 UTC), 27 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 34°F (1°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:29 pm EDT (17:29 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the north at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the southwest at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 10,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAOO 062053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/01 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP196 T01610011 56022
TAF KAOO 061729Z 0618/0718 35007KT P6SM SKC FM071500 22007KT P6SM FEW100
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 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 5, 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.