DuBois Regional Airport

DuBois Regional Airport
IATA: DUJ – ICAO: KDUJ – FAA LID: DUJ
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority
Serves DuBois, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Location Washington Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Elevation AMSL 1,817 ft / 554 m
Coordinates 41°10′42″N 078°53′55″W / 41.17833°N 78.89861°W / 41.17833; -78.89861Coordinates: 41°10′42″N 078°53′55″W / 41.17833°N 78.89861°W / 41.17833; -78.89861
Website http://www.duboisairport.com
Map
DUJ

Location of airport in Pennsylvania

Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
7/25 5,503 1,677 Asphalt
Statistics (2011)
Aircraft operations 6,631
Based aircraft 12

DuBois Regional Airport (IATA: DUJ[2], ICAO: KDUJ, FAA LID: DUJ), formerly known as DuBois–Jefferson County Airport, is a public use airport in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, United States.[1] It is located seven nautical miles (13 km) northwest of the central business district of Dubois,[1] a city in Clearfield County. The airport is on Pennsylvania Route 830 in Washington Township. It is owned and operated by the Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority, based at the airport.[3] It is mostly used for general aviation, but has scheduled service on one airline, Silver Airways,[4] which has a maintenance base at the airport. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.

As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 3,230 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008,[5] 5,096 in 2009, and 5,728 in 2010.[6] The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.[7]

DuBois Regional is a refueling stop for many transient aircraft due to its proximity to Interstate 80 and several main east–west air routes, as well as an on-field restaurant.[8]

History

In the early 1950s the City of DuBois created a Municipal Airport Authority which looked into means of expanding the existing DuBois City Airport, in the Oklahoma section, east of the city. They determined that site was unsuitable for expansion and joined with Jefferson County officials to procure the present site, 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of DuBois. Construction was completed and the first flight was made on June 1, 1960 by Allegheny Airlines. In the 1960s and 1970s radio navigational aids were added, including a non-directional beacon (DU), and finally an Instrument Landing System (ILS) for runway 25 (IDUJ).

Brockway Glass Corporation, headquartered in nearby Brockway, Pennsylvania, built a corporate hangar for their aircraft (and later a commuter airline service), and Fixed Base Operator Beechwoods Flying Service built general aviation "T hangars", fuel pumps and maintenance hangars. The FAA opened a Flight Service Station in 1963 to provide weather and aviation advisory service to pilots, which is noted for rapidly changing and severe weather. In the 1970s the FAA located a regional radio navigational maintenance facility on the field.

In 1988 Brockway Glass was taken over by Owens-Illinois and its assets were liquidated, including the Crown Airways commuter airline. The Flight Service Station closed in 1990 during FSS consolidation, and its functions were assumed by the Altoona FSS.

Since 1991 the airport complex has continued to expand and renovate its facilities. Since 2001 it has been designated a Foreign Trade Zone. State route PA-830 has been relocated to a new access road, and dedicated as the "Bud Scherer Memorial Highway" to honor the memory of longtime Airport Manager Francis "Bud" Scherer. It carries traffic from U.S. Interstate 80 and the borough of Falls Creek.

Facilities and aircraft

Dubois Regional Airport covers an area of 399 acres (161 ha) at an elevation of 1,817 feet (554 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,503 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2011, the airport had 6,631 aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day: 47% general aviation, 41% scheduled commercial, 12% air taxi, and 1% military. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine and 8% multi-engine.[1]

Airline and destinations

The following airline offers scheduled passenger service:

AirlinesDestinations
Silver Airways Johnstown (PA), Washington–Dulles

Statistics

Carrier shares: January – December 2013[9]
Carrier   Passengers (arriving and departing)
Silver
9,830(100%)
Top domestic destinations: Jan. – Dec. 2013[9]
Rank City Airport name & IATA code Passengers
1 Cleveland, OH Cleveland Hopkins International (CLE) 4,820
2 Franklin / Oil City, PA Venango Regional (FKL) 250
3 Parkersburg, WV Mid-Ohio Valley Regional (PKB) <10
4 Bradford, PA Bradford Regional (BFD) <10

Incidents

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 FAA Airport Master Record for DUJ (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective November 15, 2012.
  2. ↑ "IATA Airport Code Search (DUJ: Dubois / Jefferson County)". International Air Transport Association. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  3. ↑ "DuBois Regional Airport". Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Destinations Served". Continental Airlines. 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2008" (PDF, 1.0 MB). CY 2008 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. December 18, 2009. External link in |work= (help)
  6. ↑ "Enplanements for CY 2010" (PDF, 189 KB). CY 2010 Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2011. External link in |work= (help)
  7. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. External link in |work= (help)
  8. ↑ "Restaurant". DuBois Regional Airport. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
  9. 1 2 "DuBois, PA: DuBois Regional (DUJ)". Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), U.S. Department of Transportation. December 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Aircraft accident Douglas C-48A-DO (DC-3C) N6 Dubois–Jefferson County Airport, PA (DUJ)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved August 20, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Aircraft accident Shorts 330-200 N805SW Dubois, PA". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved November 26, 2006.

Other sources

  • Essential Air Service documents (Docket OST-2004-17617) from the U.S. Department of Transportation:
    • Order 2004-8-18 (August 16, 2004): selecting Mesa Air Group, Inc. subsidiary, Air Midwest, Inc., d/b/a US Airways Express, to provide essential air service (EAS) at DuBois, Pennsylvania, for the period from July 23, 2004, through August 31, 2006, at an annual subsidy rate of $643,818.
    • Order 2006-6-31 (June 26, 2006): re-selecting Mesa Air Group, Inc. d/b/a Air Midwest, to provide essential air service (EAS) at DuBois, Pennsylvania, for the two-year period beginning August 1, 2006, at an annual subsidy rate of $599,271.
    • Order 2007-7-21 (July 26, 2007): selecting Gulfstream International Airlines, Inc. to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at DuBois and Franklin/Oil City, Pennsylvania, Greenbrier/White Sulphur Springs/Lewisburg, West Virginia, and Athens, Georgia, at a total annual subsidy rate of $4,077,792 ($1,159,229 for DuBois, $763,741 for Franklin/Oil City, $1,329,477 for Greenbrier/White Sulphur Springs/Lewisburg, and $825,345 for Athens) for the two-year period beginning when Gulfstream inaugurates service through the end of the 24th month thereafter.
    • Order 2008-5-3 (May 6, 2008): selecting Gulfstream International Airlines, Inc. to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at DuBois and Franklin/Oil City, Pennsylvania, and Greenbrier/White Sulphur Springs/Lewisburg (Lewisburg), West Virginia, at a total annual subsidy rate of $5,577,594 ($2,020,095 for DuBois, $1,226,773 for Franklin/Oil City, and $2,330,725 for Lewisburg) for the two-year period beginning when Gulfstream inaugurates service through the end of the 24th month thereafter.
    • Order 2010-9-12 (September 9, 2010): re-selecting Gulfstream International Airlines to provide essential air service (EAS) at Bradford, DuBois, and Oil City/Franklin, Pennsylvania, and Jamestown, New York, for a combined annual subsidy of $5,870,657 ($1,087,306 for Bradford, $2,228,996 for DuBois, $915,101 for Oil City/Franklin, and $1,639,254 for Jamestown), from October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2012.
    • Order 2012-9-23 (September 27, 2012): selecting Silver Airways to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) at Bradford, DuBois, Franklin/Oil City, Pennsylvania, Jamestown, New York, and Parkersburg, West Virginia/Marietta, Ohio, for a combined annual subsidy of $10,348,117 ($1,940,272 for Bradford; $2,587,029 for DuBois, $1,293,515 for Franklin, $1,940,272 for Jamestown, and $2,587,029 for Parkersburg), from October 1, 2012, through September 30, 2014.
    • Notice of Intent (February 14, 2014): of Silver Airways Corp. to discontinue scheduled air service between Cleveland, Ohio (CLE) and: Jamestown, New York (JHW), Bradford, Pennsylvania (BFD), DuBois, Pennsylvania (DUJ), Franklin/Oil City, Pennsylvania (FKL), and Parkersburg, West Virginia/Marietta, Ohio (PKB).

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