The general aviation community is supported by the full service Taughannock Aviation FBO. Ithaca is a city in the Southern Tier-Finger Lakes region of New York state. Ithaca is home to Cornell University, an Ivy League school of over 20,000 students, most of whom study at its local campus. Ithaca College is located just south of the city in the Town of Ithaca, adding to the area’ s“ college town” atmosphere. Nearby is Tompkins Cortland Community College( TC3). These three colleges bring tens of thousands of students who increase Ithaca’ s seasonal population during the school year. Ithaca is noted for its annual community celebration, The Ithaca Festival. The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts provides grants and summer fellowships at the Saltonstall Arts Colony for New York State artists and writers. Ithaca also hosts one of the largest used-book sales in the United States. The city and town also sponsor The Apple Festival in the fall, the Chili Fest in February, the Finger Lakes International Dragon Boat Festival in July; Porch Fest in late September, and the Ithaca Brew Fest in Stewart Park in September
Delaware Coastal Airport, Sussex County, Delaware( IATA: GED, ICAO: KGED, FAA LID: GED) is a public use airport in Sussex County, Delaware. The airport is known locally by various unofficial names, including County Airport and, especially, Georgetown Airport In mid- June 2015, the Sussex County Council voted to rename the airport from Sussex County Airport to Delaware Coastal Airport. The vote was since passed and the airport is now officially known as Delaware Coastal Airport. The airport is principally a general aviation use airport with over 90 % of total airplane operations being GA. Georgetown Air Services is a full serve FBO on the field. There is no agreement on which European group was the first to settle in Sussex County. Historians believe that, in the early years of exploration from 1593 to 1630, Spanish or Portuguese explorers were likely the first Europeans to see the Delaware River and the lands of present-day Sussex County. On an expedition for the Dutch West India Company, Henry Hudson recorded discovery in 1609 of what was later named the Delaware River. Attempting to following him, Samuel Argall, an English explorer, was blown off course in 1610 and landed in a strange bay which he named after the Governor of Virginia, Thomas West, Lord De La Warr.
Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Latrobe, Pennsylvania( IATA: LBE [ 2 ], ICAO: KLBE, FAA LID: LBE) is a public airport two miles southwest of Latrobe and about 33 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. In February 2011 Spirit Airlines launched seasonal service to Fort Lauderdale and Myrtle Beach. In January 2012, Spirit announced they would start service to Orlando on May 17. The airline has incrementally grown passenger traffic and destinations every year since. Spirit now serves 5 destinations from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, and has increased passenger traffic from 6,978 in 2010, to 355,910 in 2015. General aviation is supported by two full service FBOs: Vee Neal Aviation and LJ Aviation. The city population was 8,338 as of the 2010 census( 9,265 in 1990). It is located near Pennsylvania’ s scenic Chestnut Ridge. Among its claims to fame, Latrobe is the home of Saint Vincent Archabbey, the Latrobe Brewery( the original brewer of Rolling Rock beer), Saint Vincent College and golfer Arnold Palmer. It was
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