Aviation View Magazine | Volume 1, Issue 4

64 AVIATION VIEW VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4 employees work behind the scenes at the terminal and then another 60 are contracted to Spirit Airlines for above and below the wing service. “The Latrobe Country Club is three-quarters of a mile down the road,” says Monzo. “Right beside Arnold Palmer’s house. It is quite amazing that he grew up and learned to fly right here. This is also a beautiful rural area that is only 50 miles from the city of Pittsburgh. People come here for fishing, skiing, hunting, and yes, golf.” The city of Latrobe is small with just under 9,000 people, but the catchment area for the airport includes all of Westmoreland County – about 375,000 people. As a smaller, leisure airport, Arnold Palmer Regional also pulls people from Ohio, West Virginia, and New York. “We are primarily focused on those commercial passengers,” says Monzo. “So we have three rental car businesses on the property and a very DuBois, PA 814-371-1541 “We have plans for you.” YOUR AVIATION ARCHITECTS FOR TERMINAL BUILDINGS, HANGARS, SRE & ARFF BUILDINGS Orlando, FL ktharch.com