Pittsburgh International Airport Airport codesPITKPITPIT, formerly Greater Pittsburgh Airport, Greater Pittsburgh International Airport and commonly referred to as Pittsburgh International, is a joint civil-military international (international airport) airport located in the Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) suburb of Findlay Township (Findlay Township, Pennsylvania), approximately convert20mikm-1 west of downtown Pittsburgh at Exit 53 of I-376 and the Northern Terminus of PA Turnpike 576 (Future I-576). It is owned and operated by the Allegheny County Airport Authority which also operates the Allegheny County Airport. PIT is primarily a passenger airport serving the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, providing 158 non-stop flights per day to 38 destinations with twelve airlines. It also serves as the home of Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, a combined facility of the Air Force Reserve Command and the Air National Guard, providing aerial refueling, air mobility and tactical airlift support to the U.S. Air Force and other U.S. Department of Defense activities. Finally, the airport also has a robust air cargo facility and supports extensive general aviation operations.

PIT is the second busiest passenger airport in Pennsylvania and 47th-busiest in the United States, serving 8,710,291 passengers in 2008 on 167,729 aircraft operations. The airport has the longest runways of a commercial airport in Pennsylvania at 11,500 feet. Until 2004, US Airways operated its largest hub (airline hub) at PIT. As of 2008, the airline remains PITs largest carrier (handling 33 percent of passengers). Also, Trans World Airlines operated a hub at the old airport from the 1960s to 1985. Southwest Airlines began service at the airport in May 2005 and is currently the third largest airline in Pittsburgh with nonstop service to 7 destinations and more than 20 daily flights. The airline has numerous times indicated an interest in expanding at the airport, however Southwest has slowed all expansion due to the 2008-2009 economic slowdown (Late-2000s recession) and high airport costs. After the merger with Northwest Airlines was completed on January 1, 2010, Delta Air Lines surpassed Southwest Airlines as the airports second largest carrier by daily departures, which averages 31 per day compared with Southwests 22 flights per day. Even with all its recent cuts, US Airways will still remain the airports dominant carrier by both passengers carried and daily departures, which currently averages just over 50 per day. US Airways currently utilizes ten gates, more than any other airline at PIT, followed by Delta which operates five gates.

The airport offers service to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Caribbean, and Europe. Nonstop transatlantic service resumed on June 3, 2009 when Delta Air Lines began flights to Paris (Charles de Gaulle Airport). The new service operates 5 days a week and was made possible by Deltas successful joint-venture with Air France.

PIT occupies more than convert12900acreskm20, making it the fourth-largest airport by land area owned in the nation, behind Denver International Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Orlando International Airport. It is so large that both Chicagos OHare (OHare International Airport) and Atlantas Hartsfield-Jackson (Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport) could comfortably fit within the airports land area.

PIT has been frequently recognized for its quality in meeting travelers needs. OAG Worldwide (Official Airline Guide) listed the facility to its short list of the worlds best airports for four consecutive years. The market research leader, JD Power and Associates named PIT among the top five airports in its two most recent customer satisfaction surveys. Conde Nast Travelers Magazine named PIT the best in the United States and third in the world in its 2000 Peoples Choice Award.