Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport (Indiana County Airport or Jimmy Stewart Field) is a county-owned public

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two miles (3 km) east of the borough of

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, in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. The airport is about northeast of

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and is in the Pittsburgh Combined Statistical Area. It is classified as a business service airport by th
Pennsylvania Bureau of Aviation
The airport was named after silver-screen legend

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, who hails from Indiana, Pennsylvania.

Facilities

The airport covers and has one

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, 11/29, 4,001 x 75 ft (1,220 x 23 m). The runway has medium intensity runway lighting (MIRL). The airport has three nonprecision approaches ( LOC RWY 28,

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10, GPS 28). In the year ending March 31, 2007, the airport had 26,100 aircraft operations, average 71 per day: 95%

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, 3% military and 2%

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. 45 aircraft are based at the airport: 89% single-engine, 9% multi-engine and 2%

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. The Indiana County Airport Authority has received approval and funding for a new 5500 x 100 ft runway and will allow the installation of an instrument landing system (ILS). The old runway will become a parallel taxiway.

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