Pennridge Airport
Pennridge Airport is a public-use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) north of the central business district of Perkasie in East Rockhill Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is privately owned by Pennridge Development Ent., Inc. The airport is located on top of a ridge and is surrounded on every side by trees. Although the daily operations are under 100 takeoffs/landings, it is the largest privately owned airport between Philadelphia and Allentown. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CKZ by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned CKZ to Çanakkale Airport in Çanakkale, Turkey). History The airport has been in place in Perkasie since 1966. Preparations began on June 7, 1965, when William Hart Rufe III and Joseph A. Gloster formed the corporation Pennridge Development Enterprises (PDE, Inc.), which is still the owner of the airport. Gloster was ...
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