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