Airport
Pittsburgh International Airport
IATA Code: PITLocation: The airport is located 14 miles (22km) west of central Pittsburgh.
Time: GMT -5 (GMT -4 from March to November).
Contacts: Tel: + 1 412 472 3525.
Transfer between terminals: The Landside and Airside terminals are linked by a walkway.
Transfer to the city: Several limousine, taxi and shuttle bus services operate from the airport providing transport to the city and nearby centres. Public transportation is limited to the Port Authority Transit's 28X Airport Flyer which departs every 20 minutes connecting to central Pittsburgh for approximately $2.60 (Tel: 412-442-20000). All public transport and taxi ranks (Tel : 412-664-5600 )are situated on the baggage reclaim level of the Landside Terminal. Taxi fare can increase due to luggage and time of night but is usually US$35.
Car rental: The major car hire companies, including Alamo, Avis, Budget, Dollar, Hertz, National and Thrifty are represented at the airport, their desks being situated on the baggage claim level of the Landside terminal. There is a short walk to rental car parking lots at the airport's covered garage.
Facilities: There are a wide variety of shops, restaurants and bars in the two terminals. There are also ATMs, currency exchange services and an information desk in the Landside Terminal. Disabled facilities are good.
Parking: There is short-term, long-term and economy extended rate parking at Pittsburgh International Airport.
Departure tax: None.
Website: www.pitairport.com
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Pittsburgh
Built by hard-bitten immigrants who were drawn to her steel mills, the city of Pittsburgh is now sitting back on its laurels and offering a more leisurely and aesthetically pleasing lifestyle to residents and visitors alike. Once dubbed 'the Smoky City', Pittsburgh's mills have closed down and the emphasis now is on making the most of the city's natural beauty. Pittsburgh is finally doing justice to its situation, lying between the Ohio, Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers with the Allegheny Mountains in the background. No wonder the city and environs now boasts the largest concentration of pleasure boats in America, while its thriving ethnic neighbourhoods surround a clean, friendly metropolitan centre filled with trees, shops, restaurants, museums, galleries and theatres. Attractions abound in this scenic city from the world's fastest continuous track roller-coaster to the largest single-artist museum in the United States; and from an eerie Gothic mansion to free summer concerts in a beautiful park.
