Pittsburgh Northeast Airport

Pittsburgh Northeast Airport (FAA LID: 9G1) is a privately owned, public use airport in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.^[1] The airport is located 12 nautical miles (14 mi, 22 km) north-northeast of the central business district of Pittsburgh,^[1] in West Deer Township. The airport is located a few miles north of Pittsburgh Mills shopping mall.

Pittsburgh Northeast Airport (West Penn Airport) (Rock Airport)
IATA: none ICAO: none FAA LID: 9G1
Summary
Airport type	Public use
Owner	Alaskan Property Management Co LLC
Serves	Pittsburgh / Tarentum, Pennsylvania
Location	Indiana Township, West Deer Township, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL	1,063 ft / 324 m
Coordinates	40°36′13″N 079°49′34″W
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 17/35 3,550 1,082 Asphalt
Statistics (2024)
Aircraft operations (12 months ending June 2, 2021) 1000 Based aircraft 0
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Facilities and aircraft

Pittsburgh Northeast Airport covers an area of 149 acres (60 ha) at an elevation of 1,063 feet (324 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 17/35 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,550 by 100 feet (1,082 x 30 m).^[1]

For the 12-month period ending November 23, 2011, the airport had 2,982 aircraft operations, an average of 248 per month: 99% general aviation and 1% military. At that time there were 20 aircraft based at this airport: 95% single-engine and 5% multi-engine.^[1] As of March 2019, no aircraft are based in the facility.^[2]

History

The property went through a major overhaul between 2000 and 2004, and can now accommodate larger aircraft.^{[citation needed]} The airport's former runway, designated 2/20, had an asphalt surface measuring 2,645 by 36 feet (806 x 11 m).^[3]

This airport was included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.^[4] It was originally known as West Penn Airport.^{[citation needed]}

Formerly known as Rock Airport, Pittsburgh Northeast Airport was bought for $9 million in 2014 by Alaskan Property Management, a subsidiary of Management Science Associates, after the former owner filed for bankruptcy.^[2]

In 2022, the airport was owned by Carnegie Mellon University and used to test drones.^[5]

Incidents

On May 11, 2011, shortly after 1:45pm two students, a science teacher, and a pilot attempted a takeoff on runway 35. They went off of the end of the runway and fell off of the bank.^[6]

See also

• List of airports in Pennsylvania

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for 9G1 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective April 18, 2024.
2. "West Deer officials left to wonder about status of airport property". 13 March 2019.
3. "9G1 – Rock Airport". FAA data republished by AirNav. February 16, 2006. Archived from the original on February 26, 2006.
4. "2009–2013 NPIAS Report, Appendix A: Part 4" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 15, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF, 1.61 MB) on June 6, 2011.
5. Irvin-Mitchell, Atiya (12 September 2022). "KEF Robotics is flying high with DoD research grants and Pittsburgh support". Technical.ly. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
6. "Home".

• Aviation portal

External links

• Rock Airport website
• Rock Airport at Pennsylvania DOT Bureau of Aviation
• Aerial image as of April 1993 from USGS The National Map
• FAA Terminal Procedures for 9G1, effective November 28, 2024

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for 9G1
  • AirNav airport information for 9G1
  • ASN accident history for 9G1
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for 9G1