Venango Regional Airport (IATA: FKL, ICAO: KFKL, FAALID: FKL), also known as Chess Lamberton Field, is a public airport in western Pennsylvania, two miles (3 km) southwest of the central business district of Franklin[1] and about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Oil City. Both cities are located in Venango County, which operates the airport. The airport covers 420 acres (1.7 km2) and has two runways. It offers limited commercial service, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 3,066 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 2,939 in 2005.[2] In the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2007-2011) it was a categorized as a commercial service airport, which requires at least 2,500 passenger boardings per year.[3] However, enplanements for 2006 declined to 1,978 which caused it to be categorized as a general aviation airport.[2]
Venango Regional Airport covers an area of 420 acres (170 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 3/21 measuring 5,200 x 150 ft (1,585 x 46 m) and 12/30 measuring 3,698 x 100 ft (1,127 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 23,593 aircraft operations, an average of 64 per day: 93% general aviation and 7% air taxi.[1]
