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Jet A - $5.50 per gallon
Jet A w/Prist- $5.55 per gallon
AV Gas- $6.25 per gallon
(AV Self-Serve $6.15)
About
- The Joseph A. Hardy airport, is a public-use airport located four nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Connellsville in Dunbar Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is owned by the Fayette County Airport Authority and serves the south-eastern segment of the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. The airport serves the general aviation community with no scheduled commercial airline service.
- The airport is named for Joseph A. Hardy, founder of 84 Lumber. Previously known as "Connellsville Airport," it was renamed in 2007 to recognize Hardy's support of improving the airport. Hardy, a Fayette County Commissioner at the time of the donation, gave the airport authority $800,000 for runway improvements.
- This airport is assigned a three-letter location identifier of VVS by the Federal Aviation Administration, but it does not have an International Air Transport Association (IATA) airport code.
- This airport also serves to provide a convenient stopping place for tourism in the region including those travelling to the following county historic and popular spots:
· Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water, Mill Run, PA 15464
· Frank Lloyd Wright’s Kentuck Knob, Chalk Hill, PA 15421
· Ohiopyle State Park in Ohiopyle, PA. Ohiopyle was recently named Best Small Town in the northeast
· Fort Necessity National Battlefield
· Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington, PA 15437
Facilities
Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport covers an area of 351 acres (142 ha) at an elevation of 1,264 feet (385 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 is 3,833 by 100 feet (1,168 x 30 m) and 14/32 measures 2,404 by 100 feet (733 x 30 m).
For the 12 months ending November 19, 2019, VVS had 30,660 total aircraft operations, an average of 84 per day and consisting of 86% general aviation, <1% military air operations, and 15% air taxi services. During this period 25 aircraft were based there: 23 single-engine, and 2 multi-engine.
VVS and its tenants provide aviation support by way of fuel services (AV Gas and JetA) and aircraft mechanics.