Business View Magazine - Nov 2023

VOLUME 9, ISSUE 11 The County owns the airport and serves as its fixed-based operator (or FBO). We recently caught up with Venango Regional Airport Director Bill Buchna, and he told us what’s new at this venerable, 73-year-old facility. It covers an area of 420 acres and has two asphalt runways that are 5,201 and 3,592 feet long. There is also a fine Italian restaurant, Primo Barone’s, on site offering dinner to the local community and transient aviators. About 25 aircraft are housed there with additional hangars available. Buchna informs that jet traffic has increased in the last year. However, he adds, “What we’ve seen is general aviation has tailed off a little bit—at least, if you’re looking at the number of operations and fuel sales.” The inflation of the post-COVID economy is a factor, as well as the high cost of fuel for general aviation. It’s always been high, but it’s nearly $7 a gallon on the East Coast, these days. This has VENANGO REGIONAL AI RPORT