Benton Airport
PA40 · Benton, Pennsylvania · Columbia County · map
Benton Airport is a private airport owned by Benton Airport Association, LLC, 4 miles west of Benton, Pennsylvania, 780 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 2,200 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PA40
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · publicly owned
- Owner
- Benton Airport Association, LLC
- Elevation
- 780 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1947
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 2,200 × 150 ft | Grass |
- Runway 03: trees 35 ft high 26 ft from the end
- Runway 21: road 16 ft high 77 ft from the end
Aircraft registered in Benton from the FAA register
40 aircraft are registered to owners in Benton, Pennsylvania: 20 piston singles, 19 helicopters, 1 balloon. 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 · 1 since 1982, 0 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
- Prior to 1959
- Robert brewington, president
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.