Erie International Tom Ridge Field

Erie International Tom Ridge Field (KERI) is a medium airport in Erie, PA. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code KERI or IATA code ERI. It sits in North America.

Erie International Tom Ridge Field is a regional commercial airport that doubles as a busy private-aviation base. Operators benefit from full instrument approaches and an FBO infrastructure scaled for regular jet traffic, often without the congestion of the nearest major hub.

The longest runway measures 8,420 ft (2,566 m), a heavy-class field. Representative aircraft that operate comfortably here include the Gulfstream G550, Falcon 7X, and Bombardier Global 5500. In practice this most heavy and super-midsize jets operate here without restriction.

Erie International Tom Ridge Field sits near sea level at 732 ft.

Local operations run on America/New_York. Scheduled airline service is light enough that it rarely interferes with charter movements, though planners should still expect to coordinate with the handling agent for international turnarounds.

SkyAccess currently tracks 29 departing and 149 arriving private-jet legs at KERI across the next six months of operator inventory. 8 charter operators have run trips through this field in our recent inventory window.

Regional fields like KERI are a meaningful share of US private aviation — closer to the trip's actual origin or destination than the nearest major hub, with shorter ramp-to-cabin times that are the main reason owners and brokers prefer them.

Erie International Airport Tom Ridge Field is a public airport five miles (8.0 km) southwest of Erie, in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. Airline service at Erie faces stiff competition from the Buffalo, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh airports, all within three hours of Erie by car. The airport is 105 miles from Buffalo, 95 miles from Cleveland, and 128 miles from Pittsburgh.