Bradford Regional Airport


Bradford Regional Airport is 11 miles south of Bradford, in Lafayette Township, McKean County, Pennsylvania. It has scheduled airline service subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
The airport is owned by the Bradford Regional Airport Authority and serves Pennsylvania and western New York including Olean, NY. It is surrounded by the oil field which makes up a large part of local economy. Bradford is the home of Zippo lighters and Case knives; there is an armory at the airport for the National Guard.
The Federal Aviation Administration says the airport had 4,898 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 2,593 in 2009 and 2,962 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.

Former airline service

Its first scheduled airline flights were United Airlines Douglas DC-3s in 1948. In 1953 United's DC-3 flew New York Newark Airport - Philadelphia - Bradford - Youngstown - Akron/Canton - Cleveland - Toledo - Chicago Midway Airport - Moline, IL - Cedar Rapids - Omaha - Lincoln, NE. United left in 1954.
In 1953 Allegheny Airlines DC-3s stopped at Bradford on a multi-stop route between Buffalo, NY and Pittsburgh. In 1971 Allegheny Convair 580s flew nonstop to Erie, Harrisburg, Jamestown, NY, New York Newark Airport, Pittsburgh and Washington National Airport and direct to Detroit. Allegheny introduced McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s and flew one-stop in 1976 from Chicago O'Hare Airport via Erie and from New York LaGuardia Airport via Elmira while continuing to fly nonstop Convair 580s from Buffalo and Pittsburgh. Allegheny remained until 1979 when Allegheny Commuter took over, with nonstop Beechcrafts from Buffalo and nonstop Short 330s from Pittsburgh. Allegheny Commuter service continued for a number of years for Allegheny successor USAir. In 1994 Allegheny Commuter successor USAir Express was operating nonstop code sharing BAe Jetstream 31s to Pittsburgh. USAir changed its name to US Airways with US Airways Express Beechcraft 1900Cs being flown nonstop to Pittsburgh in 1999.

Facilities

The airport covers 1,015 acres at an elevation of 2,143 feet. It has two cement/asphalt runways: 14/32 is 6,306 by 150 feet and 5/23 is 4,499 by 100 feet.
In 2010 the airport had 18,932 aircraft operations, average 51 per day: 77% general aviation, 22% air taxi, and 2% military. 21 aircraft were then based at the airport: 91% single-engine, 5% multi-engine, and 5% jet.

Airline and destination

Scheduled passenger flights:

Statistics

Year20082009201020112012201320142015201620172018
Enplanements4,8982,5932,9622,9082,3102,2952,0193,4912,6233,8974,191
Change57.80%47.06%14.23%1.82%20.56%0.65%12.03%72.91%24.86%48.57%7.54%
AirlineColgan Air dba United ExpressGulfstream International Airlines dba Continental ConnectionGulfstream International Airlines dba Continental ConnectionGulfstream International Airlines dba United ExpressSilver Airways dba United ExpressSilver Airways dba United ExpressSilver Airways dba United ExpressSun Air ExpressSouthern Airways ExpressSouthern Airways ExpressSouthern Airways Express
DestinationJamestown
----Washington-Dulles		Jamestown
----Cleveland		Jamestown
----Cleveland		Jamestown
----Cleveland		Jamestown
----Cleveland		Jamestown
----Cleveland		Jamestown
----Cleveland		PittsburghPittsburghPittsburghPittsburgh

Accidents and Incidents