KAOO Altoona/Blair County Airport
Altoona, PA · 12 miles S of ALTOONA, PA
Public
Non-towered
Publicly-owned
ICAO KAOO
Location & operations
- Elevation
- 1503.4 ft
- Coordinates
- 40-17-46.9000N 078-19-12.1000W
- Lat / Long
- 40.2963611, -78.3200278
- Mag. variation
- 10W (2005)
- Time zone
- UTC -4 (UTC -5 during Standard Time)
- Activated
- 12/1937
- ARTCC
- CLEVELAND CENTER
- FSS
- ALTOONA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
- NOTAMs facility
- AOO (NOTAM-D service available)
- Attendance
- MON-FRI 0430-2230, ALL SAT 0730-1930, ALL SUN 0830-2030
- Wind indicator
- lighted
- Segmented circle
- yes
- Beacon
- white-green (lighted land airport) Operates sunset to sunrise.
- Lights
- HIRL RY 03/21 & MIRL RY 12/30 PRESET LOW INTST, INCR INTST & ACTVT PAPI RYS 12, 30, 03 & 21, MALSR RY 21 & REIL RYS 03, 12, & 30 - CTAF.
Airport location no published diagram
Range from KAOO
Runways
Longest 5465 ft
Tap a runway to see its details.
- Dimensions
- 5465 x 100 ft. / 1666 x 30 m
- Surface
- asphalt/grooved, in good condition
- Edge lights
- high intensity RY 03/21, THRESHOLD LGTS & EDGE LGTS OTS EXCEPT WITH PCL, AVBL FM 0100-1300Z DAILY.
- Weight bearing
- Single wheel 16.0
Runway 3
- Heading
- 026 magnetic, 016 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Instrument approach
- ILS
- Approach lights
- MALSR: 1,400 foot medium intensity approach lighting system with runway alignment indicator lights
- Declared distances
- TORA:5465 TODA:5465 ASDA:5465 LDA:5465
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1503.4 ft.
- Obstructions
- 46 ft. trees, 886 ft. from runway, 522 ft. left of centerline, 14:1 slope to clear
Runway 21
- Heading
- 206 magnetic, 196 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:5465 TODA:5465 ASDA:5465 LDA:5465
- Markings
- precision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1469.3 ft.
- Obstructions
- 72 ft. tree, 1950 ft. from runway, 685 ft. right of centerline, 24:1 slope to clear
- Dimensions
- 3668 x 75 ft. / 1118 x 23 m
- Surface
- asphalt, in good condition
- Edge lights
- medium intensity RY 12/30, THRESHOLD LGTS & EDGE LGTS OTS EXCEPT WITH PCL, AVBL FM 0100-1300Z DAILY.
- Weight bearing
- PCN 11 /F/B/X/T Single wheel
Runway 12
- Heading
- 118 magnetic, 108 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on left (3.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:3668 TODA:3668 ASDA:3668 LDA:3668
- Markings
- basic, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1472.8 ft.
- Obstructions
- 7 ft. tree, 260 ft. from runway, 82 ft. right of centerline, 8:1 slope to clear
Runway 30
- Heading
- 298 magnetic, 288 true
- VGSI / PAPI
- 4-light PAPI on right (4.00 degrees glide path)
- Declared distances
- TORA:3668 TODA:3668 ASDA:3668 LDA:3668
- Markings
- nonprecision, in good condition
- Touchdown point
- yes, no lights
- REIL
- yes
- Traffic pattern
- left
- Threshold elevation
- 1481.5 ft.
- Obstructions
- 15 ft. trees, 397 ft. from runway, 59 ft. right of centerline, 13:1 slope to clear
Terminal procedures FAA d-TPP · cycle 2608 · through 0901Z 09/03/26
Departures — DP / ODP 2
Approaches — IAP 4
Arrivals — STAR 0
None published.
Procedure charts published by the FAA (public domain). Confirm the current cycle before flight.
Communications
- Control Tower
- no
- Ctaf
- 123.6
- Wx Asos
- 127.125 (814-793-9655)
- Johnstown Approach
- 121.2
- Johnstown Departure
- 121.2
Services
- Fuel
- 100LL JET-A
- Fuel available
- 100LL JET-A
- Parking
- hangars and tiedowns
- Airframe service
- MAJOR
- Powerplant service
- MAJOR
- Bottled oxygen
- HIGH
- Bulk oxygen
- HIGH
Airport data aggregated from public FAA/AirNav sources for reference only — always consult official charts and NOTAMs for flight planning.