Aerial view of Greater Pittsburgh Airport

1948/1955

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Aerial view of Greater Pittsburgh Airport
  • Title
  • Aerial view of Greater Pittsburgh Airport
  • Creator
  • Don Bindyke
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B001.F03.I03
  • Description
  • Ground for the Greater Pittsburgh Airport terminal was broken on July 18, 1946, in Moon and Findlay Townships, 16 miles west of Pittsburgh. The construction project was financed with a peoples’ bond issue. By the time of the dedication on May 31, 1952, the final cost was $33 million. In 1953 Greater Pittsburgh Airport handled 1,436,958 airline passengers with a peak of 17,987,040 passengers in 1988. In 1960 there were 163,800 takeoffs and landings at the airport reaching the peak of 389,770 in 1988. The airport had four runways, one at 11,599 feet long, one at 10,500 feet long, and two at 8,100 feet in length. The airport also had 12,300 parking spaces and 54 jet gates in 1990. In October 1992 two new terminals were opened just west of the Greater Pittsburgh Airport terminal to accommodate the increased volume of passengers. The terminal was razed in 1997.
  • Subject
  • Greater Pittsburgh Airport (Pa.)
    Airport terminals--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
    Airports--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
    Aerial views--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
    Airplanes--Pennsylvania--Allegheny County.
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
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