Hazleton Regional Airport is a public airport two miles northwest of

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. The airport had Air Pennsylvania flights to Philadelphia; Allegheny Airlines stopped there from 1957 until Allegheny Commuter took over in 1968.

Facilities

The airport covers at an elevation of 1,603 feet (489 m). Its single runway, 10/28, is 4,898 by 100 feet (1,493 x 30 m) asphalt. In the year ending October 21, 2008 the airport had 23,942 aircraft operations, average 65 per day: 99%

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and 1% military. 42 aircraft were then based at the airport: 86% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, 5% jet and 7%

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