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John Murtha Airport Lives On
September 17, 2009 5:45 PM
ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: The Senate today rejected a measure to strip $1.4 million in federal funding for the John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
The Murtha Airport was the subject of a World News “your money” story in April and has become a symbol of government waste derided as an “airport for nobody.”
Murtha Airport has an average of just 20 passengers a day, but it has received nearly $200 million in federal money over the last 15 years (including $800,000 in stimulus funds), almost all of it because of its powerful namesake, Democratic Representative John Murtha.
The measure, which was rejected by a vote of 43 to 53, would have stripped the annual $1.4 million subsidy the airport gets under the FAA’s Essential Air Service program for its three flights a day to Washington Dulles airport. Those flights to Washington, by the way, are the only commercial flights from the Murtha Airport.
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The majority of these expenses are most likely for the Air National Guard bases on the airport. In addition to the passenger service, FedEx uses the airport for air cargo.
Posted by: kudlow | Sep 18, 2009 8:34:15 AM
Murtha Airport is an incredible waste of taxpayer money.
Posted by: The Pennsylvania Guardian | Sep 18, 2009 11:11:58 AM
It surprises me this doesn't outrage everyone-- not just one side of the aisle.
Posted by: Brian C. | Nov 4, 2009 2:06:29 AM
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