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8 unusual facts about Pittsburgh International Airport


330th Aircraft Sustainment Wing

The 330th was again redesignated as the 330th Troop Carrier Group (Medium) and allotted to 1st Air Reserve District at Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Pennsylvania on 14 Jun 1952.

Allegheny Conference

Strategy 21 not only resulted in projects that ranged from the new Pittsburgh International Airport to The Andy Warhol Museum.

Auntie Anne's

In 1992, the first Auntie Anne's airport location opened at the Pittsburgh International Airport.

Interstate 579

I-579 allows Liberty Bridge traffic easy access to I-279, and I-279 southbound traffic easier access to Consol Energy Center, downtown, and eastern regions of the city, while I-279 southbound continues to Heinz Field, PNC Park, and to westbound I-376 which leads to the Pittsburgh International Airport.

Miss Pittsburgh

The plane was found and restored by OX 5 Aviation Pioneers, and is now displayed at the Pittsburgh International Airport Landside Terminal.

Mon–Fayette Expressway

The Southern Beltway is planned to be a high-speed east-west link between the Mon–Fayette Expressway, Interstate 79, U.S. Route 22, Interstate 376, and Pittsburgh International Airport.

Robert Morris University

The core campus consists of a 230 acre (931,000 m²) tract in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsburgh (near Pittsburgh International Airport).

The Mall at Robinson

The Mall at Robinson is a two-level, enclosed super-regional shopping mall located just off the Parkway West (I-376) and PA Route 60 in Robinson Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, five minutes east of the Pittsburgh International Airport and 15 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh.


1st Fighter Wing

Finally, one month later, the 71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron moved from Griffiss AFB to Pittsburgh International Airport, Pennsylvania.

Erie International Airport

Airline service at Erie faces stiff competition from the Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Buffalo airports, all within two hours of Erie by car.

Mountain Line Transit Authority

It is also the provider of bus service on the campus of West Virginia University as well as inter-city bus service to Fairmont, West Virginia, Clarksburg, West Virginia, Waynesburg, Pittsburgh, and the Pittsburgh International Airport.


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