Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport
P45 · Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania · Fayette County · map
Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport is a public-use airport owned by Mt. Pleasant Airport LLC, 3 miles south of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, 1,160 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 06/24, is 2,037 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport?
Its FAA code is P45.
Where is Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport?
It is 3 miles south of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, 1,160 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport?
The longest of its 2 runways, 06/24, is 2,037 feet long.
Does Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport?
4 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it, including Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy and Chestnut Ridge Flying Club. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport?
5 pilot examiners and 20 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 Mount Pleasant/Scottdale Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA P45
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Mt. Pleasant Airport LLC
- Elevation
- 1,160 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1947
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,037 × 135 ft | Grass, good | |
| 14/32 | 1,625 × 175 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 06: trees 38 ft high 540 ft from the end
- Runway 24: tree 11 ft high 61 ft from the end
- Runway 14: threshold displaced 565 ft, road 12 ft high 4 ft from the end
- Runway 32: threshold displaced 250 ft, trees 27 ft high 214 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: W P H S Heliport (0 nm west), Joseph A Hardy Connellsville Airport (10 nm southwest), Arnold Palmer Regional (12 nm northeast), Rostraver Airport (15 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Joseph A Hardy Connellsville Airport (10 nm southwest), Arnold Palmer Regional (12 nm northeast), Rostraver Airport (15 nm northwest), Finleyville Airpark (23 nm west).
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
- VFR operations only
- Runways unusable durg spring thaw and wet periods.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- Marked with yellow cones.
- Runway 14 approach ratio 20:1 to 565 feet dthr.
- Runway 32 approach ratio 57 feet trees, 747 feet from thld, 64 feet R 17:1 to 250 feet dthr.
- Road crosses centerline 90 feet out angling to L side of thld.
- Extensive helicopter actvty at adjacent helicopter.
- Ultralight actvty on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Both runway surfaces are rolling.
- Ultralight aircraft use 500 feet above ground level R traffic pattern for all runways.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of runways.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Mount Pleasant from the FAA register
8 aircraft are registered to owners in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania: 7 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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:
- Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy 16 aircraft · Latrobe, 13 miles away 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 · Latrobe, 13 miles away
- Penn Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · Greensburg, 14 miles away
- Pittsburgh Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Greensburg, 14 miles away The Pittsburgh Flying Club is a flying club established in 1957 that owns and operates a Piper Archer II aircraft for member use.
Repair stations in Mount Pleasant:
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
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 5 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 3 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 4 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 (12 nm) · (724) 513-7274 · [email protected]
- Stanley Michael Shimkus private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Irwin, PA (17 nm) · (704) 998-8430 · [email protected]
- Michael Kenneth Cahill private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Moon Township, PA (38 nm) · (412) 592-5776 · [email protected]
- Eric Carl Stormfels private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor; airplanes · Vantage Aviation - Allegheny KAGC · Pittsburgh, PA (39 nm) · (412) 974-9334 · [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 (47 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · [email protected]
All 41 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 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 Mount Pleasant 8 aircraft · 7 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- Hauser Family Flying LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy 16 aircraft · flight school
- Chestnut Ridge Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Penn Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Assetgenie INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania 1,834 since 1982 · 234 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 6,183 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/P45.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 26, 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.