Pittsburgh–Monroeville Airport
at Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
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. is a private airport
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located one nautical mile
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(1.8 km) north of the central business district
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of Monroeville, in Allegheny County
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, Pennsylvania
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, United States
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. The airport is privately owned by the estate of Helen M. BrownCivil Air Patrol
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.
The airfield was used as a filming location in a pivotal scene in the 1978 horror film '' Dawn of the Dead''.
History
Harold and Helen Bohinski Brown opened Pittsburgh–Monroeville Airport in 1948. Before it closed in the early 1970s, it was noted for its air shows that attracted hundreds of spectators and for handling the air mail for the Wilmerding Post Office.
Pittsburgh–Monroeville Airport currently houses sixteen privately owned planes in several hangars, down from 74 in 1970, and 112 between 1952 and 1958. A sign along Logans Ferry Road designates the field as Harold W. Brown Memorial Field.
The runway is not plowed nor actively maintained during winter but still operates.
Facilities and aircraft
Pittsburgh–Monroeville Airport covers an area of at an elevation
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of 1,187 feet (362 m) above mean sea level
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. It has one runway
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designated 5/23 with a 2,280 by 28 ft (695 x 9 m) asphalt
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surface. For the 12-month period ending June 12, 2007, the airport had 5,709 aircraft operations, an average of 15 per day: 99.8% general aviation
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and <0.2% military
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. At that time there were 17 aircraft based at this airport: 94% single-engine
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and 6% ultralight
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.
References
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Aerial image as of April 1993
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