Editing Slatington, Pennsylvania (section)

===Airport===
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| type                      = Small
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| city-served               = [[Slatington, Pennsylvania]]
| location                  = [[Lehigh Valley]]
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Slatington is home to the small '''Slatington Airport'''. The single runway airport is used by local monoplane enthusiasts as well as hot-air ballooners. The airport is listed as a "critical facility" for the regional [[Local Mitigation Strategy]] and would be used to fly supplies in and be used as an evacuation point in the event of a major natural disaster in the region.<ref>{{cite web |title=Slatington Borough, Lehigh County Annex |url=http://ncem-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/UPDATED-Slatington-Borough-Annex-2022.pdf |website=ncem-pa.org |access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>

Linear Air, a [[Massachusetts]] based [[air taxi]] company runs chartered monoplane flights out of Slatington Airport.<ref>{{cite web |title=linear air |url=https://www.linearair.com/ |website=linearair.com |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref> The airport is also home to Chapter 855 of the [[Experimental Aircraft Association]].<ref>{{cite web |title=EAA Chapter 855 Inc. |url=https://chapters.eaa.org/eaa855 |website=[[Experimental Aircraft Association]] |access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>

Since 2020 the airport has been home to an annual [[halloween]] [[hot air balloon]] show.<ref>{{cite web |last1=reber |first1=Chris |title=Taking flight: Hot air balloon festival draws crowds to Slatington airport |url=https://www.tnonline.com/20201107/taking-flight-hot-air-balloon-festival-draws-crowds-to-slatington-airport/ |website=[[Times News (Pennsylvania)|Times News]] |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref> 

====Accidents====
At 2:25pm on August 21, 1988, James Raby Shea crashed his [[Stolp Starduster]] in a grove of trees about a quarter mile north of the runway after his engine failed shortly after takeoff but was uninjured.<ref>{{cite web |title=LOWER SAUCON MAN UNHURT BUT PLANE IS DESTROYED IN SLATINGTON CRASH-LANDING |url=https://www.mcall.com/1988/08/22/lower-saucon-man-unhurt-but-plane-is-destroyed-in-slatington-crash-landing/ |website=[[The Morning Call]] |access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>

On October 13, 2013, a [[Cessna]] monoplane flipped on the Slatington runway, with the pilot receiving minor injuries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Airplane flips on runway at Slatington Airport |url=https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/lehighvalley/airplane-flips-on-runway-at-slatington-airport/video_3bb354f0-c812-5baf-b90a-a9ee1a7cd756.html |website=[[WFMZ-TV]] |access-date=6 September 2024}}</ref>

On [[Tornado outbreak of July 28–29, 2021|July 29, 2021]], Slatington was hit by an [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF1]] [[tornado]], with the airport bearing the brunt of the damage.<ref name="MCALL-Tornado">{{cite web |last1=Salamone |first1=Anthony |title=Weather Service confirms tornado struck Slatington, during Thursday storm |url=https://www.mcall.com/2021/07/31/weather-service-confirms-tornado-struck-slatington-during-thursday-storm/ |website=[[The Morning Call]] |access-date=10 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|agency=National Centers for Environmental Information|title=Storm Events Database July 29, 2021|url=https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/eventdetails.jsp?id=965616|publisher=National Centers for Environmental Information|access-date=November 6, 2021}}</ref> The airport's owner, Roger Sell reported that an airplane was tossed suffering significant damage, as well as damage to the airport's hangers.<ref name="MCALL-Tornado"/>