Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport Explained

Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport
Iata:OLE
Icao:KOLE
Faa:OLE
Type:Public
Owner:City of Olean
City-Served:Olean, New York
Elevation-F:2,135
Website:www.cityofolean.org/...
Coordinates:42.2411°N -78.3714°W
Pushpin Map:USA New York
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of airport in New York
Pushpin Label:OLE
Pushpin Label Position:right
R1-Number:4/22
R1-Length-F:4,800
R1-Surface:Asphalt
R2-Number:16/34
R2-Length-F:2,135
R2-Surface:Turf
Stat-Year:2009
Stat1-Header:Aircraft operations
Stat1-Data:25,550
Stat2-Header:Based aircraft
Stat2-Data:12
Footnotes:Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located 10 nautical miles (12 mi, 19 km) north of the central business district of Olean, a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]

Facilities and aircraft

Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport covers an area of 426 acres (172 ha) at an elevation of 2,135 feet (651 m) above mean sea level. It has two runways: 4/22 is 4,800 by 100 feet (1,463 x 30 m) with an asphalt surface; 16/34 is 2,135 by 100 feet (651 x 30 m) with a turf surface.

For the 12-month period ending July 9, 2009, the airport had 25,550 aircraft operations, an average of 70 per day: 98% general aviation, 2% air taxi, and <1% military. At that time there were 12 aircraft based at this airport: 92% single-engine and 8% multi-engine.

Olean has had airline service in the past, including local service carrier Mohawk Airlines. In 1968, Mohawk served Olean 2 flights a day using Fairchild FH 227 equipment. One flight went to Jamestown, NY, continuing on to Cleveland and the other flight went to Syracuse.[3]

See also

References

  1. . Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. Web site: 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A . PDF, 2.03 MB . National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems . Federal Aviation Administration . October 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927084535/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf . 2012-09-27 .
  3. Mohawk Airlines Timetable April 1, 1968

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