{"id":289975,"date":"2026-09-20T00:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T00:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/289975\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T00:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T00:32:12","slug":"fun-run-at-pittsburgh-international-airport-sets-attendance-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/289975\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun run at Pittsburgh International Airport sets attendance record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 More than 2,500 runners and walkers gathered at Pittsburgh International Airport Saturday, setting an attendance record for the 2026 FlyBy 5K and 2-Mile Fun Run\/Walk. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Participants ran and walked along the airport taxiway, giving them a close view of aircraft and airfield equipment. All proceeds from the race benefit the Allegheny County Airport Authority Charitable Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cWe were thrilled to see our biggest turnout yet at this sold\u2011out FlyBy 5K,\u201d said Jim Popovich, CEO of run organizer P3R. \u201cFrom families and first\u2011time runners to competitive athletes and aviation fans, thousands came together to share a rare and exciting experience on the airport tarmac. At P3R, our mission is to inspire any and all to MOVE and this event is a great example of how we can make movement fun, accessible and memorable for the entire community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Following the race, participants attended a post-race festival on airport grounds. The festival featured a touch-a-truck display with airport equipment, face painting, lawn games, food and drinks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 More than 2,500 runners and walkers gathered at Pittsburgh International Airport Saturday, setting an attendance record&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[22224,3855,120389,63673,18854,73,63670,6845,120392,75,6846,120391,74,120390],"class_list":["post-289975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-5k","tag-airport","tag-airport-5k","tag-fun-run","tag-p3r","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-5k","tag-pittsburgh-airport","tag-pittsburgh-airport-5k","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-international-airport","tag-pittsburgh-international-airport-5k","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-run-walk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}