# DuBois Regional Airport

DuBois Regional Airport (IATA: DUJ, ICAO: KDUJ, FAA LID: DUJ), formerly DuBois–Jefferson County Airport, is in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, eight miles northwest of DuBois, a city in Clearfield County. The airport is in Washington Township. It is owned and operated by the Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority, based at the airport. It has scheduled service on one airline, Southern Airways Express, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2021–2025 categorized it as a non-primary commercial service airport. DuBois Regional is a refueling stop for many aircraft due to its proximity to Interstate 80 and several air routes, as well as its on-field restaurant.

## History

In the early 1950s the City of DuBois created a Municipal Airport Authority which looked into expanding DuBois City Airport, in the Oklahoma section east of the city. They determined that site was unsuitable for expansion and joined with Jefferson County to procure the present site, 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of DuBois. The first flight was made on June 1, 1960 by Allegheny Airlines (Allegheny Commuter replaced Allegheny in 1969). The runway was 4700 feet; in the 1960s and 1970s radio navigational aids were added, including a non-directional beacon, and finally an Instrument Landing System (ILS) for runway 25.
Brockway Glass Corporation, headquartered in nearby Brockway, built a hangar for their aircraft (and later a commuter airline service), and Fixed-Base Operator Beechwoods Flying Service built general aviation "T hangars", fuel pumps and maintenance hangars. The FAA opened a Flight Service Station in 1963 to provide weather and advisory service to pilots; the area is noted for rapidly changing and severe weather. In the 1970s the FAA built a regional radio navigational maintenance facility on the field.
In 1988 Brockway Glass was taken over by Owens-Illinois and its assets were liquidated, including the Crown Airways commuter airline. The Flight Service Station closed in 1990 during FSS consolidation, and its functions were assumed by the Altoona FSS.
Since 1991 the airport complex has continued to expand and renovate facilities. It was designated a Foreign Trade Zone in 2001. A better access road, part of Pennsylvania Route 830, was completed in 2007.

## Facilities

The airport covers 399 acres (161 ha) at an elevation of 1,817 feet (554 m) above sea level. Its single runway, 7/25, is 5,503 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m).
In the year ending April 19, 2021, the airport had 6,539 aircraft operations, an average of 18 per day: 67% air taxi, 32% general aviation and less than 1% military. In April 2022, there were 10 aircraft based at this airport: 9 single-engine and 1 multi-engine.

## Airline and destinations

Scheduled passenger service:
| Airlines | Destinations | Refs |
| Southern Airways Express | Pittsburgh, Washington–Dulles | |

## Statistics

Top domestic destinations from DUJ (January - December 2024) :
| Rank | City | Passengers | Carrier |
| 1 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 2,930 | Southern Airways Express |
| 2 | Washington-Dulles, Virginia | 2,640 | Southern Airways Express |
Passenger boardings (enplanements) by year, as per the FAA :
| Year | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Enplanements | 3,230 | 5,096 | 5,728 | 5,986 | 5,074 | 5,099 | 4,081 | 3,215 | 2,934 | 3,888 | 5,448 |
| Change | 055.08% | 057.77% | 012.40% | 04.50% | 015.24% | 00.49% | 019.96% | 021.22% | 08.74% | 032.52% | 040.12% |
| Airline | Gulfstream International Airlines dba Continental Connection | Gulfstream International Airlines dba Continental Connection | Gulfstream International Airlines dba Continental Connection | Silver Airways dba United Express | Silver Airways dba United Express | Silver Airways dba United Express | Silver Airways dba United Express | Silver Airways | Silver Airways | Southern Airways Express | Southern Airways Express |
| Destination(s) | Cleveland | Cleveland | Cleveland Franklin | Cleveland Franklin | Cleveland Franklin | Cleveland Franklin | Cleveland Franklin | Johnstown Washington-Dulles | Johnstown Washington-Dulles | Baltimore Pittsburgh | Baltimore Pittsburgh |

## Incidents

| Date | Flight Number | Information |
| October 4, 1970 | - | NASCAR driver Curtis Turner and golfer Clarence King were killed shortly after takeoff in an Aero Commander 500. |
| March 27, 1975 | - | A Douglas C-48A N6 of the Federal Aviation Administration crashed on take-off on an executive flight to Harrisburg International Airport. All eleven people on board survived. |
| April 9, 2003 | - | Skyway Enterprises Shorts 330-200 aircraft (N805SW), on a flight from Pittsburgh was about to land at DuBois Regional Airport, when an engine surged, the pilot attempted to go round again to land and crashed left of the runway. The aircraft was substantially damaged but the two crew survived. |