About Us

A short history of the

Airport Authority

The Carbon County Airport Authority was created as a Municipal Authority on February 15, 1962. The Authority was created to construct, improve, maintain, own, and operate an airport and all facilities and services necessary or incident thereto. The Airport Authority was created by the Carbon County Commissioners. The three Commissioners in February of 1962 were Thomas A. Zimmerman, James J. Dougherty and Ralph E. Mooney. Those three Commissioners appointed the following five individuals to serve the first terms as the Carbon County Airport Authority: Jacob M. Arner, John F. Rhodes, Ira R. Scheib, George H. Bright and John Williamson.

The County owned “Lehighton Municipal Airport” opened in December of 1964. Local aviation pioneer and original Airport Authority Member Jake Arner, passed away on March 3, 1976 and the airport was renamed Arner Airport in his memory on June 26, 1977. 

  • The current Airport Authority members are:
  • Paul Smith
  • Wally Putkowski
  • Dwight Eisenhauer
  • Shawn Kresge
  • Robert Neff

A Sub Title

A Second Section

Ut vel nisl ut risus feugiat faucibus. Sed ut est eget urna feugiat dictum. Aliquam urna eros, consequat in dictum venenatis, cursus eu orci. Suspendisse eget suscipit dui, et feugiat purus.

Ut neque lectus, porttitor vel leo a, hendrerit maximus felis. Ut consectetur nunc dui, vitae tincidunt leo volutpat ac. Nulla scelerisque scelerisque dapibus. Aliquam vel dapibus massa. Fusce auctor eros vel mi accumsan, vel egestas risus porttitor. Curabitur nec aliquam felis. Nunc ut blandit magna. Cras pharetra consectetur enim in ullamcorper. Ut posuere ultricies purus, sollicitudin bibendum turpis. Aliquam erat volutpat. Curabitur aliquam, neque eget dignissim porta, diam nunc tristique tortor, a condimentum lorem nisl vitae risus. Cras ipsum dui, sagittis ac ornare tristique, venenatis id dolor. Vestibulum eleifend interdum lacus in imperdiet. Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Curabitur mollis facilisis lacus at vestibulum. Vestibulum sed facilisis urna.