Arnold Palmer Regional Airport Guide
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport sits at 148 Aviation Lane in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, about 3 km (2 miles) southwest of Latrobe and 53 km (33 miles) southeast of Pittsburgh. It began as Longview Flying Field in 1924 and took its current name in September 1999, after the golfer who grew up nearby and learned to fly here.
The airport made aviation history on April 12, 1939, when a Stinson Reliant collected a mail container without landing in the first official airmail pickup. Its single active runway, 6/24, is 8,222 ft long. A second runway, 3/21, is closed indefinitely.
Scheduled passenger service is currently suspended. Spirit Airlines was the only carrier and stopped operating on May 2, 2026. Breeze Airways has announced flights to Myrtle Beach from February 2027 and to Orlando from May 2027. The airport handled about 154,000 passengers in the 12 months to August 2024 and about 310,000 in 2019. General aviation makes up most of its roughly 38,800 annual aircraft operations. The Westmoreland County Airport Authority owns and operates it.
Services
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Location
Key facts
- Size
- 1 runwayopened 1924
- Location
- 40.276, -79.405
- Operator
- Westmoreland County Airport Authority
- Links
- Wikipedia ↗
Terminals
1 terminalArnold Palmer Regional Airport has 1 passenger terminal — Terminal, handling domestic flights for around 1 airlines. Check which terminal your airline uses before you travel, as check-in, security and boarding points differ between them, and moving from one to another can take time.
- TerminalDomestic
Breeze Airways
Nearby cities
3 citiesArnold Palmer Regional Airport is closest to Latrobe (5 km northeast), and also serves Greensburg, Pittsburgh and other nearby areas. With 3 towns and cities within reach, it is a practical gateway for the wider region. Distances shown are straight-line from the airport, so allow extra time for road transfers, traffic and parking.
- Latrobe5 km northeast
- Greensburg20 km northwest
- Pittsburgh65 km northwest
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