# John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport (JST / KJST)

**John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport** (IATA: JST, ICAO: KJST) is a medium airport in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States. It opened in Jun 1948. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,004 ft (2,135 m). In 2025 it handled 38 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: JST / KJST
- FAA: JST
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States
- Opened: Jun 1948
- Elevation: 2,284 ft / 696 m
- Coordinates: 40.3161, -78.8339
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,004 ft / 2,135 m
- Instrument procedures: 10 approaches, 2 departures
- Passengers: 38,389 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.flyjohnstownairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstown%E2%80%93Cambria_County_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2902633
- Weather station: KJST
- Ident: KJST

## Timeline

- Jun 1948: John Murtha Johnstown Cambria County Airport opens.
- 6 Jan 1974: Commonwealth Commuter Flight 317. 12 killed.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 7,004 ft / 2,135 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete | 144° / 324° | yes |
| 05/23 | 4,387 ft / 1,337 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 039° / 219° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00898AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 15,477 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 12,698 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 7,024 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 8,516 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 12,855 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 6,058 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 17,010 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 17,504 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 27,989 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 34,796 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 38,389 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 120 mi / 193 km · 11,248 passengers · SkyWest Airlines
- [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 485 mi / 781 km · 8,093 passengers · SkyWest Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- OO [SkyWest Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/skywest-airlines) · 2

Former hub of [Air East](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/air-east).

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 38K (2025) | #2,193 of 3,974 | #507 in North America | #344 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,004 ft / 2,135 m | =3,453 of 29,858 | =801 in North America | =603 in US |
| Elevation | 2,284 ft / 696 m | =7,678 of 43,403 | #3,576 in North America | #2,733 in US |
| Age | Opened 1948 | =3,279 of 15,079 | =2,168 in North America | =2,110 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ATIS | ATIS | 118.325 |
| CNTR | CLEVELAND CNTR | 121.200 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 125.750 |
| GND | GND | 121.600 |
| OPS | KEYSTONE OPS ARNG | 36.500 |
| RDO | ALTOONA RDO | 122.650 |
| TWR | TWR | 125.750 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [AOO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kaoo.md) Altoona Blair County Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [LBE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klbe.md) Arnold Palmer Regional Airport · 30 mi / 49 km
- [AGC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kagc.md) Allegheny County Airport · 58 mi / 93 km
- [DUJ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kduj.md) DuBois Regional Airport · 60 mi / 96 km
- [SCE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kunv.md) State College Regional Airport · 63 mi / 102 km
- [HGR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khgr.md) Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field · 72 mi / 116 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/kjst/data