Arnold Palmer Regional
LBE · KLBE · Latrobe, Pennsylvania · Westmoreland County · map
Arnold Palmer Regional is a public-use airport owned by Westmoreland County Arpt Auth, 2 miles southwest of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, 1,199 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 8,222 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 138 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 41,925 takeoffs and landings a year. About 77,788 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KLBE · observed 2:47 pm EDT (18:47 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-southeast (110°) at 11 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 1,700 feet, a broken layer at 3,200 feet, a broken layer at 5,500 feet
- Weather: light drizzle
- Temperature 61°F (16°C), dew point 57°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 29.95 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 2:48 pm EDT (18:48 UTC), good until Mon 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Sun 3:00 pm EDT (19:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, scattered clouds at 1,700 feet, a broken layer at 3,500 feet and more above VFR
- At times between Sun 3:00 pm EDT (19:00 UTC) and 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): a broken layer at 1,700 feet MVFR
- From Sun 6:00 pm EDT (22:00 UTC): wind from the east at 7 knots, visibility 5 miles, light drizzle, overcast at 700 feet IFR
- From Mon 12:00 am EDT (04:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 5 knots, visibility 6 miles, mist, overcast at 800 feet IFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLBE 111847Z 11011KT 10SM -DZ SCT017 BKN032 BKN055 16/14 A2995
TAF KLBE 111848Z 1119/1218 VRB05KT P6SM SCT017 BKN035 BKN070 TEMPO 1119/1122 BKN017 FM112200 09007KT 5SM -DZ OVC007 FM120400 04005KT 6SM BR OVC008
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
5 warnings in force over this field:
- AIRMET SIERRA 3E: low cloud or poor visibility (IFR conditions) (due to ceilings below 1,000 ft, visibility below 3 miles, precipitation, mist).
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: low-level wind shear (due to air speed loss or gain of 20 knots or more below 2,000 ft above the ground).
- AIRMET ZULU 1C: moderate icing up to 26,000 ft.
- AIRMET TANGO 2W: moderate turbulence below 18,000 ft (due to mountain wave) up to 8,000 ft.
- AIRMET SIERRA 4E: mountains obscured by cloud (due to mountains obscured by clouds, precipitation, mist, fog).
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- urgent GL5 at 3,000 ft, 0 nm east, 2:50 pm EDT (18:50 UTC): a routine report.
- urgent E55 descending, 0 nm east, 1:51 pm EDT (17:51 UTC): a routine report.
- PA32 at 3,000 ft, 0 nm east, 12:53 pm EDT (16:53 UTC): a broken layer above 3,000 ft, light rain.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (AGC, 24 nm west), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 130° at 38 kt; 6,000 ft: 190° at 13 kt, 13 °C; 9,000 ft: 220° at 10 kt, 8 °C; 12,000 ft: 220° at 12 kt, 3 °C; 18,000 ft: 200° at 21 kt, -8 °C.
1 temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/8587 Youngstown, OH, Monday, October 12, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 Local 47 nm northwest · a VIP movement · starts tomorrow
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA LBE · ICAO KLBE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Westmoreland County Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 1,199 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 6:15 am to 10:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1938
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 8,222 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left, pole 41 ft high 762 ft from the end
- Runway 24: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 850 ft, 7,372 ft available for landing, trees 85 ft high 2,963 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 125.0 | Palmer |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 118.375 | Palmer |
| Ground | 121.8 | Palmer |
| Approach and departure | 121.2 | Palmer |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Palmer |
| Altoona and center (remote transmitter) Low | 124.4 | Palmer |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 724-537-0671.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 91 |
| multi-engine | 11 |
| jets | 31 |
| helicopters | 5 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 41,925, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 1,271 |
| air taxi and commuter | 4,472 |
| general aviation, travelling | 18,182 |
| general aviation, local | 17,108 |
| military | 892 |
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.
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 Latrobe from the FAA register
42 aircraft are registered to owners in Latrobe, Pennsylvania: 27 piston singles, 10 business jets, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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.
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)
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: W P H S Heliport (12 nm southwest), Rostraver Airport (20 nm west), Joseph A Hardy Connellsville Airport (22 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Latrobe, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Latrobe, by their names on the register:
- Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy 15 aircraft Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy is a Part 61 and Part 141 flight school located at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (KLBE) in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
- Chestnut Ridge Flying Club 1 aircraft
- Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy LLC 1 aircraft Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy is a Part 61 and Part 141 flight school located at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport (KLBE) in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.
Charter operators and airlines based in Latrobe:
- L. J. Associates, Inc. 16 aircraft on the certificate
Repair stations in Latrobe:
Companies in the same town as this airport; 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
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 5 for airplanes, 1 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 20 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 5 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.
- Charles Edward Sargent private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Latrobe, PA (0 nm) · (724) 513-7274 · chuck.sargent@yahoo.com
- Stanley Michael Shimkus private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Irwin, PA (17 nm) · (704) 998-8430 · smshimkus@comcast.net
- Michael Kenneth Cahill private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Moon Township, PA (39 nm) · (412) 592-5776 · michaelcahill44@icloud.com
- Eric Carl Stormfels private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Vantage Aviation - Allegheny KAGC · Pittsburgh, PA (40 nm) · (412) 974-9334 · stormy@beaver-air-group.com
- 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 (50 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · pb@pietbarber.com
- Richard Michael Morning private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Altoona, PA (50 nm) · (850) 516-5776 · bertengineer@yahoo.com
All 42 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-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- 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.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 18 since 1982, 5 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
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- When the control tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 24; runway end identifier lights runway 06; high-intensity runway lights runway 06/24; taxiway a, B, C and D - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 24 PAPI unusable beyond 8 degreess right of centerline.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Latrobe 42 aircraft · 27 piston singles, 10 business jets, 2 piston twins
- Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy 15 aircraft in town
- Lj Associates INC 3 aircraft in town
- L J Associates INC 3 aircraft in town
- Laurel Highlands Jet Center 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- L. J. Associates, Inc. 16 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy 15 aircraft · flight school
- Chestnut Ridge Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Laurel Highlands Jet Center, LLC · repair station
- Rotortrade USA INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 18 since 1982 · 5 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 238 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 6,176 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/LBE.json.
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 9, 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.