DuBois Regional Airport
DuBois Regional Airport, formerly DuBois–Jefferson County Airport, is in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, eight miles northwest of Dubois, a city in Clearfield County. The airport is in Washington Township. It is owned and operated by the Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority, based at the airport. It has scheduled service on one airline, Southern Airways Express, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
The Federal Aviation Administration says this airport had 3,230 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008, 5,096 in 2009 and 5,728 in 2010. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport.
DuBois Regional is a refueling stop for many aircraft due to its proximity to Interstate 80 and several air routes, and its on-field restaurant.
History
In the early 1950s the City of DuBois created a Municipal Airport Authority which looked into expanding DuBois City Airport, in the Oklahoma section east of the city. They determined that site was unsuitable for expansion and joined with Jefferson County to procure the present site, northwest of DuBois. The first flight was made on June 1, 1960 by Allegheny Airlines. The runway was 4700 feet; in the 1960s and 1970s radio navigational aids were added, including a non-directional beacon, and finally an Instrument Landing System for runway 25.Brockway Glass Corporation, headquartered in nearby Brockway, built a hangar for their aircraft, 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 advisory service to pilots; the area is noted for rapidly changing and severe weather. In the 1970s the FAA built 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 facilities. It was designated a Foreign Trade Zone in 2001. A better access road, part of Pennsylvania Route 830, was completed in 2007.
Facilities
The airport covers 399 acres at an elevation of 1,817 feet. Its single runway, 7/25, is 5,503 by 100 feet.In 2011 the airport had 6,631 aircraft operations, average 18 per day: 47% general aviation, 41% airline, 12% air taxi, and 1% military. 12 aircraft were then based at this airport: 92% single-engine and 8% multi-engine.
Airline and destinations
Scheduled passenger service:Statistics
| Year | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Enplanements | 3,230 | 5,096 | 5,728 | 5,986 | 5,074 | 5,099 | 4,081 | 3,215 | 2,934 | 3,888 | 5,448 |
| Change | 55.08% | 57.77% | 12.40% | 4.50% | 15.24% | 0.49% | 19.96% | 21.22% | 8.74% | 32.52% | 40.12% |
| Airline | Gulfstream International Airlines dba Continental Connection | Gulfstream International Airlines dba Continental Connection | Gulfstream International Airlines dba Continental Connection | Silver Airways dba United Express | Silver Airways dba United Express | Silver Airways dba United Express | Silver Airways dba United Express | Silver Airways | Silver Airways | Southern Airways Express | Southern Airways Express |
| Destination | Cleveland | Cleveland | Cleveland ----Franklin | Cleveland ----Franklin | Cleveland ----Franklin | Cleveland ----Franklin | Cleveland ----Franklin | Johnstown ----Washington-Dulles | Johnstown ----Washington-Dulles | Baltimore ----Pittsburgh | Baltimore ----Pittsburgh |