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 6:53 pm EDT (22:53 UTC), 0 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 39°F (4°C)
- Altimeter 30.10 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:20 pm EDT (17:20 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am EDT (15:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 11 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 5,000 feet, scattered clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KLBE 062253Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 15/04 A3010
TAF KLBE 061720Z 0618/0718 VRB03KT P6SM SKC FM071500 20011KT P6SM FEW050 SCT250
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- 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
Takeoffs and landings a year about 41,925, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
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.
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, never named. All aircraft registered in Pennsylvania.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.