# Benton Airport (PA40)

**Benton Airport** (FAA: PA40) is a small airport in Benton, Pennsylvania, United States. It opened in Apr 1947. It has one runway, 2,200 ft (671 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/pa40

## At a glance

- FAA: PA40
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Benton, Pennsylvania, United States
- Opened: Apr 1947
- Elevation: 780 ft / 238 m
- Coordinates: 41.2001, -76.3872
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,200 ft / 671 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49745115
- Weather station: KHZL
- Ident: PA40

## Timeline

- Apr 1947: Benton Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 2,200 ft / 671 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,200 ft / 671 m | =22,925 of 29,858 | =10,720 in North America | =9,336 in US |
| Elevation | 780 ft / 238 m | =21,808 of 43,403 | =10,260 in North America | =8,449 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

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## Sources

- [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/pa40/data