Venango Regional Airport (IATA: FKL, ICAO: KFKL, FAA LID: FKL), also known as Chess Lamberton Field, is a public use airport in western Pennsylvania, two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Franklin and about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Oil City. Both cities are located in Venango County, which operates the airport. The airport offers limited commercial service, subsidized by the Essential Air Service program.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,512 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2007, 681 in enplanements 2008 1,583 in 2009, and 1,380 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport (the commercial service category requires at least 2,500 enplanements per year).
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