[8] California University of Pennsylvania helped conduct pilot training in support of the war effort at the Connellsville Airport starting in late 1939.

[9] The 805th Army Air Forces Specialized Depot, which opened on July 1, 1941, repaired and overhauled aircraft and returned them to active service.

[14] Membership to the authority would be based on a representative sample of the county and be selected on the basis of business competence and proven community leadership.

This agreement also involved AAA of Uniontown and United Airlines at the Greater Pittsburgh Airport who helped to handle reservations.

[11] The airport reportedly fell into relative disrepair in the 1980s and 1990s due to poor pilot attendance/ usage and lack of operating funds.

This entity owned by the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, operates from the sole dedicated helipad on the airport.

This school, funded under a $7.5 Million congressional appropriation in 1999, provided large truck driver training on the airport property focusing on public transportation safety and security and human performance reliability (stress and fatigue).

VVS has received on numerous occasions Federal funding for improvements to the facilities and runways specifically from the Aviation Development Program (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation) after 2001.

KVVS also received grant money to improve general aviation hangar space in close proximity to the new terminal built in 2005.

This money totaling $1 million from a Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) grant [21] has to be spent on aviation hangar spaces and requires airport matching funds of approximately $800,000.

Since 2003, the county bus service, Fayette Area Coordinated Transportation (FACT) has occupied 4.5 acres of land immediately inside the main entrance to the airport.

This extension stands to increase air traffic to and from the Connellsville Airport location in support of larger economic development efforts and tourism.

[12] Other significant grant monies have been used or are tied to current projects, including establishment of new aircraft hangar space to the south of the main terminal area.

Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport covers an area of 351 acres (142 ha) at an elevation of 1,264 feet (385 m) above mean sea level.