Allegheny County Municipal Airport

1948/1955

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Title
Allegheny County Municipal Airport
Creator
Michael J. Pennetti
Identifier
MSP285.B001.F01.I02
Source Identifier
MSP285.B001.F01.I02
Description
In September 1931, Allegheny County Airport became the successor to the nearby Bettis Field in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, at a cost of $2 million. The entire site encompasses 432 acres with 50,000 square yards covering the area of a previous slag dump located eight miles southeast of Pittsburgh. In the years of its full operation, the number of air passengers increased from 7,772 in 1932 to over 1,000,000 in 1952. In 1960 there were 117,345 takeoffs and landings, that number reached a peak of 226,324 in 1970 and in 1990 the number was 201,244. The facility served as the commercial airport for Pittsburgh area until the 1952 opening of the Greater Pittsburgh Airport. Since 1991 it has been one of the busiest corporate airports in the United States.
Genre
photographs
Subject
Allegheny County Municipal Airport (West Mifflin, Pa.)
Airports--Pennsylvania--West Mifflin.
Airport terminals--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
Source
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
Contributor
Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
Collection
Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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