Hazleton Regional Airport
public airport in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hazleton Regional Airport (IATA: HZL, ICAO: KHZL, FAA LID: HZL) is a public airport two miles northwest of Hazleton, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
The airport had Air Pennsylvania flights to Philadelphia; Allegheny Airlines stopped there from 1957 until Allegheny Commuter took over in 1968.
Facilities
The airport covers 550 acres (220 ha) at an elevation of 1,603 feet (489 m). Its single runway, 10/28, is 4,898 by 100 feet (1,493 x 30 m) asphalt.
In the year ending October 21, 2008 the airport had 23,942 aircraft operations, average 65 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military. 42 aircraft were then based at the airport: 86% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, 5% jet and 7% helicopter.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Hazleton Regional Airport” as public airport in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as public airport in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3884843. Authority coordinates are 40.987, -75.995. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1957, 1968 and 2008.
A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Hazleton Regional Airport”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Hazleton Regional Airport primary sources, Hazleton Regional Airport archive and Hazleton research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
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- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Hazleton Regional Airport” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.