Pittsburgh International
PIT · KPIT · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Allegheny County · map
Pittsburgh International is a public-use airport owned by Allegheny CO Arpt Authority, 12 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1,203 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 10R/28L, is 11,500 feet of concrete. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA PIT · ICAO KPIT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Allegheny CO Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 1,203 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Detroit sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- March 1944
Runways 4
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10R/28L | 11,500 × 200 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10C/28C | 10,775 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, fair | High-intensity lights |
| 10L/28R | 10,502 × 150 ft | Asphalt and concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 8,101 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 10R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), trees 92 ft high 3,890 ft from the end
- Runway 28L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 154 ft high 4,954 ft from the end
- Runway 10C: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 465 ft, 9,708 ft available for landing
- Runway 28C: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 602 ft, 9,708 ft available for landing, trees 58 ft high 2,100 ft from the end
- Runway 10L: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 28R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 10,102 ft available for landing, ant 107 ft high 4,165 ft from the end
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, 7,366 ft available for landing, pole 24 ft high 451 ft from the end
- Runway 32: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), threshold displaced 335 ft, 7,466 ft available for landing, trees 42 ft high 1,653 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS Arrival | 127.25 | Pittsburgh |
| Digital ATIS Departure | 135.9 | Pittsburgh |
| Clearance delivery | 119.4 | |
| Clearance delivery When tower closed | 124.85 | Beaver County |
| Departure (secondary) · Approach and departure · Clearance delivery When tower closed | 125.275 | Pittsburgh |
| Clearance delivery Pre Taxi Clearance | 126.75 | Pittsburgh |
| Clearance delivery | 127.3 | |
| Ground South | 121.9 | Pittsburgh |
| Ground North | 127.8 | Pittsburgh |
| Tower | 128.3 | Pittsburgh |
| Departure · Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BUVSE) South | 119.35 | Pittsburgh |
| Approach · Class B airspace arriving from headings 271 to 360 | 121.25 | Pittsburgh |
| Approach · Class B airspace arriving from headings 091 to 180 | 123.95 | Pittsburgh |
| Approach · Class B airspace arriving from headings 001 to 090 | 124.15 | Pittsburgh |
| Departure · Approach and departure · Class B airspace North | 124.75 | Pittsburgh |
| Approach and departure | 126.725 | |
| Approach · Class B airspace arriving from headings 181 to 270 | 133.7 | Pittsburgh |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Pittsburgh |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 215-798-0218.
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Aircraft registered in Pittsburgh from the FAA register
146 aircraft are registered to owners in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: 90 piston singles, 14 business jets, 10 piston twins, 10 helicopters, 9 drones. 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 · 14 since 1982, 2 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
- In opern prior to 1959.
- Deer and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Jasu (MD-3A)(MD-3M)(MA-1A)(M32A-60)(M32A-60A)(MXU-4A).
- Lox soap (available durg ang duty hours only. 30 minimum prior notice required.).
- ALSF2/SSALR is a dual mode system and controlled by the control tower and remote monitored.
- Aircraft using taxiway 'N' prohibited to stop on overpass area due to possible emergency evacuation hazard.
- Terml taxilanes east of concourses a and B restrd to group 3 aircraft and smaller.
- The control tower is authorized to have aircraft LINE-UP and wait on runways 28L at taxiway 'P' durg hours of darkness. The specific runway shall be used only for departures and the intersection must be vsb from the control tower.
- SERVICE-JASU: (ang) (A/M32A-86) (AM 32-95; (afrc - 2(A/M32-86 (AM32-95).
- SERVICE-FLUID: lpox lhnit.
- SERVICE-OIL: O-156.
- SERVICE-TRAN alert: no priority basis.
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.