Asheville Regional Airport

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Asheville Regional Airport
IATA: AVL - ICAO: KAVL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Asheville Regional Airport Authority
Serves		Asheville, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL		2,165 ft (659.9 m)
Coordinates		35°26′10″N, 82°32′30″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
16/34	8,001	2,439	Asphalt

Asheville Regional Airport (IATA: AVL, ICAO: KAVL) is a Class C airport near Interstate 40 and Interstate 26 in the town Fletcher, nine miles (14.5 km) south of the city of Asheville, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2003 it serviced a total of 441,811 passengers.

1 Disasters
2 Airlines
3 Aircraft
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Disasters

On July 19, 1967, Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Boeing 727, collided in mid-air with a Cessna 310 just south of the airport in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The collision happened just moments after the 727 took off from the Asheville Airport. All 82 people on both planes were killed.

On March 15, 2003, a Cessna 177 Cardinal crashed into Old Fort Mountain after taking off from the airport. It killed author Amanda Davis, who was on a book tour promoting her first novel Wonder When You'll Miss Me (ISBN 0-688-16781-0), and her parents.

[edit] Airlines

Gates B2 and B3

Continental Airlines Gate A1
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
Delta Air Lines Gate B3
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Orlando)
Northwest Airlines Gate A2
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)
US Airways Gate B1
- US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Charlotte)
- US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte, Washington-Reagan [Saturdays only, seasonal])

[edit] Aircraft

The airport currently sees the following models of aircraft on a regular basis:

ATR 72 Turbo prop (seats 66 passengers)
Canadair Regional Jet (50 passenger jet)
De Havilland Dash 8 Turbo prop (seats 50 passengers)
Embraer ERJ (37, 44, or 50 passenger jet)

A Concorde visited AVL during a 1987 promotional tour and was snowed in. Chartered 747's (United Airlines) have also visited. AVL's 8,001 foot runway allows for the operation of almost any aircraft type.