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
Issue October | www . FlyUAA . org | FlyUAA | 11