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Did You Know . . .<br />
The airport land originated as a dairy farm<br />
in the early 1920s<br />
The airport supports 71,160 jobs for a <strong>to</strong>tal<br />
payroll of $2.1 billion per year and $5.7<br />
billion in economic activity<br />
Average airfare in Pittsburgh is 10.3% lower<br />
<strong>than</strong> the national average<br />
Air Cargo at the airport supports 587 fulltime<br />
jobs earning $21 million annually<br />
18,000 cars per day enter the airport<br />
400,000 taxi trips originate from the airport<br />
each year<br />
Pittsburgh was the first U.S. airport <strong>to</strong> offer<br />
free wireless internet access<br />
Pittsburgh has won 35 national and international<br />
awards for AIRMALL service<br />
The Calder sculpture in the airside terminal<br />
has been loaned <strong>to</strong> the Piazzo dell<br />
Exposizioni in Rome, Italy; the Museo<br />
Nacinal Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in<br />
Madrid, Spain; and the Guggenheim<br />
Museum in Bilbao, Spain<br />
12 <strong>Allegheny</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> September/Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2012<br />
AIRPORT<br />
TURNS 20!<br />
The Airport Fire Training Facility trains fire<br />
fighters from across the United States and its<br />
terri<strong>to</strong>ries<br />
The airport recycles all concrete and asphalt<br />
from construction projects<br />
The airport performed over 9,000 airfield<br />
escorts during the days of the G-20 Summit in<br />
2009<br />
The popular T. Rex display from Carnegie<br />
Museum of Natural His<strong>to</strong>ry is listed in MSNBC’s<br />
Top 10 Diversions for Kids when stuck at an<br />
airport<br />
The airport accommodates more <strong>than</strong> eight<br />
million travelers and nearly 148,000 aircraft<br />
operations annually<br />
The airport provides nons<strong>to</strong>p service <strong>to</strong> Paris<br />
on Delta Air Lines<br />
The airport has connections <strong>to</strong> over 100 cities<br />
in Europe and beyond on Air France<br />
PIT has been recognized by JD Power and<br />
Associates and Conde Nast Traveler’s <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
as among the <strong>to</strong>p airports in recent cus<strong>to</strong>mer<br />
satisfaction surveys
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