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Pittsburgh International Named One of Safest Airports in the Nation

A national travel magazine honors the airport.

 Travel Leisure magazine has given the Pittsburgh International Airport's snow and ice removal systems a safety nod.

The publication named Pittsburgh International the fourth safest airport in the country earlier this month. The magazine calculated data from the 35 busiest commercial airports in the United States that had the fewest and least severe runway incidents from 2006 to 2010.

The top-15 airports on the list had no life-threatening incidents during the four-year period. Pittsburgh International reported six safety incidents since 2006, according to the magazine.

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The magazine praised the aiport's state-of-the-art winter operations systems, which include front and rear de-icing teams, runway sensors that relay real-time snow and ice conditions and radio commuications between crews and the Federal Aviation Administration.

Pittsburgh's airport edged out New York's LaGuardia; Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan; and the Minneapolis-St. Paul international airports on the list.

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Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport had fthe top safety statistics, according to Travel Leisure.


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