page_title: Aviation in Pennsylvania
section_title: Modern commercial aviation
hierarchical_section_title: Aviation in Pennsylvania / History / Modern commercial aviation
context_page_description: Aviation in Pennsylvania dates back over 100 years. Pennsylvania ranks 11th in the country in the number of public-use aviation facilities with 130 airports, heliports and seaplane bases. The 130 public-use facilities provide an annual economic impact of $23.6 billion to the state. The aviation industry also supports more than 300,000 jobs making it one of the largest employment sectors in the state.
  The state has multiple major international airport that connect to state and surrounding areas. Philadelphia International Airport and Pittsburgh International Airport account for a majority of passenger numbers including about three million international travelers to Europe and the Middle East.
context_section_description: As jet travel began to become more and more popular, the airline choices expanded as well. The states airport saw record numbers during the 60s and 70s. Massive numbers of aircraft, flights, passengers and airlines at Pennsylvania's airports. Especially at the states two largest airports, Philadelphia International Airport the largest and the gateway to Europe and Pittsburgh International Airport a then hub for US Airways a more domestic airport with some flights to Canada and Latin America. All airports saw dramatic rise in flights and passengers in the 70s, 80s and 90s. But after the September 11th attacks much like the rest of the country Pennsylvania's airports saw huge decline in passenger numbers. Thus causing airlines to pull out, such as British Airways in Pittsburgh and KLM at Philadelphia's airport.
caption: Frontier Airlines and other low-cost airlines are dominating the market in Pennsylvania's airports
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