York Airport (York Aviation) is a privately owned, public use

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that is located seven

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s (8 mi, 13 km) southwest of the

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York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

in the Thomasville section of Jackson Township, York County,

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, United States. This airport, which is owned and operated by York Aviation, was included in the

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for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a ''

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'' facility.

History

This airport is the second to bear this name. The first, which this one replaced when it closed sometime between 1953 and 1957, was located near the intersection of Roosevelt Avenue and Wood Street in York, Pennsylvania.

Facilities and aircraft

York Airport covers an area of sixty-six

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s (27 ha) at an

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of 495 feet (151 m) above

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. It has one

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designated 17/35 with an

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surface measuring 5,188 by 100 feet (1,581 x 30 m). The airport has several instrument approaches, including a GPS approach to each runway. For the twelve-month period ending December 9, 2011, the airport had 50,800 aircraft operations, an average of 139 per day: 96%

, 3%

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, and 1%

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. At that time there were eighty-two aircraft based at this airport: 76.8% single-

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, 15% multi-engine, 6%

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, and 2% jet. For the twelve-month period ending Feb 26, 2021, the airport had 52,750 aircraft operations, an average of 144 per day: 31,400 local general aviation, 20,000 transient general aviation, 1,050 air taxi, and 300 military. There were sixty-eight aircraft based at the airport: fifty-six single-engine, five multi-engine, five jet, and two helicopters. A restaurant named Orville's operated on the field until November, 2008 when it was closed. A restaurant, known as the Kitty Hawk, took Orville's place and catered to both airborne (fly in) and terrestrial (drive up) patrons. This restaurant closed circa 2013; the space is currently empty. York Airport offers flight lessons which are operated by York Flight Training LLC with four Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) equipped

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aircraft. The airport is also the home of the York Squadron of

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. Squadron 301 is the oldest continuously active composite squadron in the world.

EMS Operations

York airport is home to both air and ground EMS operations. STAT MedEvac, an air

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agency, operates its thirteenth base out of the York Airport as STAT MedEvac 13. This unit provides emergency and scheduled Critical Care Transport (CCT) services to the region. Wellspan EMS, a part of Wellspan Health, operates BLS and

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ground ambulance services out of the airport as York County Unit 97-51.

References

External links

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