John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport (IATA: JST, ICAO: KJST, FAA LID: JST) is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northeast of the central business district of Johnstown, a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned by Johnstown-Cambria County Airport Authority. The airport is named after the late Congressman John Murtha. It is mostly used for general aviation, but is also served by one commercial airline. Service is subsidized by the Essential Air Service.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 7,634 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 7,956 enplanements in 2009, and 8,457 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport (between 2,500 and 10,000 enplanements per year).
The John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County (JMJCC) Airport is home to several military units. The airport houses the Pennsylvania Army National Guard 1-104th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion (Company's HHC,A,C,D, and E) and Det 1, 1-169th Aviation (Med-Evac). It also houses the 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron of the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, the Marine Wing Support Squadron 471 (MWSS-471), Detachment A, and the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 775 (HMLA-775), Detachment A. These military units use helicopters, rather than fixed-wing planes.
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