Aviation View Jan 2023

50 AVIATION VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 2, ISSUE 4 gional Airport V enango County in western Pennsylvania is home to an idyllic little getaway – the scenic country community of Franklin that fills with apple blossoms each spring and brings in hundreds of thousands to its Apple Festival each fall. This historic rural region has been a charming and desirable destination for well over a century… growth is measured, not too fast, and folks like it that way. That being said, the local airport is keen to welcome new business to the area. As Venango Regional Airport Director, Bill R. Buchna, describes, “This is the gateway to northwest Pennsylvania; kind of a rural area right off Interstate 80. The airport sits up on the hill and then you drive down into Franklin. We have hiking, walking, and biking. It’s an outdoorsy kind of place with a very nice, vibrant economic center.” Venango Regional Airport is a certified part 139 airport that until quite recently saw daily commercial service under the Essential Air Service Program. It works hard to maintain that certification, but for the time being, relies on a Welcoming tourists & businesses