# Altoona Blair County Airport (AOO / KAOO)

**Altoona Blair County Airport** (IATA: AOO, ICAO: KAOO) is a medium airport in Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States. It opened in Dec 1937. It has 2 runways; the longest is 5,465 ft (1,666 m). In 2025 it handled 21 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaoo

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: AOO / KAOO
- FAA: AOO
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States
- Opened: Dec 1937
- Elevation: 1,503 ft / 458 m
- Coordinates: 40.2964, -78.3200
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 5,465 ft / 1,666 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Passengers: 21,235 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.altoonablaircountyairport.com
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altoona%E2%80%93Blair_County_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2949671
- Weather station: KAOO
- Ident: KAOO

## Timeline

- Dec 1937: Altoona Blair County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 5,465 ft / 1,666 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 016° / 196° | yes |
| 12/30 | 3,668 ft / 1,118 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 108° / 288° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 4,744 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 5,516 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 7,292 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 7,854 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 7,071 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 2,816 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 8,813 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 9,130 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 6,684 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 10,186 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 21,235 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. US DOT BTS T-100, 2025: passengers flown from AOO, all carriers, routes with 12 or more departures.

### Year-round (1)

- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 379 mi / 610 km · 10,432 passengers · Contour Airlines

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AOO, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- LF [Contour Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/contour-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 21K (2025) | #2,414 of 3,974 | #566 in North America | #391 in US |
| Longest runway | 5,465 ft / 1,666 m | #5,545 of 29,858 | #1,787 in North America | #1,435 in US |
| Elevation | 1,503 ft / 458 m | #11,987 of 43,403 | #5,178 in North America | #3,942 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ASOS | ASOS | 127.125 |
| CNTR | CLEVELAND CNTR | 121.200 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 123.600 |
| RDO | RDO | 122.200 |
| RDO | RDO | 122.100 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [JST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjst.md) John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [SCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kunv.md) State College Regional Airport · 46 mi / 73 km
- [HGR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khgr.md) Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field · 51 mi / 83 km
- [LBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klbe.md) Arnold Palmer Regional Airport · 57 mi / 92 km
- [MRB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmrb.md) Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd Field · 64 mi / 104 km
- [DUJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kduj.md) DuBois Regional Airport · 68 mi / 110 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaoo/data