Greater Pittsburgh International Airport is located 18 miles West of Pittsburgh at Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. It was renamed ‘Greater’ in 1972 when the new facility was christened.
The Airport serves 14 commercial airlines, more than 10 commuter carriers and four cargo carriers. The cargo business is booming here and offers 183,000 square foot of warehousing space with 450,000 square foot of apron area for maximum traffic convenience.
Ten shuttle services provide excellent ground transportation to area locations, including to and from the Allegheny Airport at West Mifflin, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny Port Authority offers a low fare from the Airport to downtown Oakland for $2.60. You do have to have exact change to obtain that fare.
Talk about sports towns, Pittsburgh is at the pinnacle. The Steelers have won the last two Super Bowls. The Pirates are a revered National League baseball franchise. And, the Pittsburgh Penguins are one of the oldest NHL franchises.
Pittsburgh used to be famous as the city of steel, famous for that once flourishing industry. The new Pittsburgh is moving into the 20th Century, and is also growing into a cultural center. At the forefront of this trend is the Carnegie Science Center. It is a 40,000 square foot complex that includes a planetarium, miniature railroad exhibit, the Omnimax Theatre, a WWII submarine exhibit and a health-science center. The Carnegie Art Museum was started by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie in 1896. Famous original art pieces include works by Van Gogh, Hopper and Degas. The Senator John Heinz History Center is housed in the Chautauqua Ice Waterhouse. This Center exhibits artifacts, archives and photos which shows the history of the Pittsburgh area.
The Duquesne Incline is a nostalgic journey back in time on an antique street car line. The cars for the trip were made in the late 1800’s, but offers riders a panoramic view of Pittsburgh from Station Square to the Smithfield Street Bridge to Grandview Avenue. Pittsburgh has its Frank Lloyd Wright architectural masterpiece known as ‘Falling Water’. It is a concrete and glass construction built around an actual water fall.
For fun visitors can travel the 70 acres of the Pittsburgh Zoo, which offers natural habitats like the Cheetah Valley and Tropical Forest, and his home to 6,000 animals. Inside the Zoo complex is the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Aquarium, which is home to 40 aquatic species that include sharks and an electric eel. On Arch Street is the only sanctuary for birds that is independent of a zoo, the National Aviary. It houses 600 species of our feathered friends from all over the world.