Little Rock National Airport

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Little Rock National Airport
Adams Field
IATA: LIT - ICAO: KLIT
Summary
Airport type Public
Operator City of Little Rock
Serves Little Rock, Arkansas
Elevation AMSL 262 ft (79.9 m)
Coordinates 34°43′46″N, 92°13′28″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4L/22R 8,273 2,522 Concrete
4R/22L 7,200 2,195 Concrete
18/36 5,124 1,562 Concrete
Helipads
Number Size Surface
ft m
H1 50 15 Concrete

Little Rock National Airport (IATA: LIT, ICAO: KLIT), officially designated Adams Field, is located 2 miles (3 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of Little Rock, a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA. It is Arkansas' largest commercial service airport, serving more than 2.5 million passengers in 2005. The airport attracts passengers from a large part of Arkansas as well as a number of surrounding states.

Although the airport does not have direct international passenger flights, there are more than 150 flight arrivals and departures at Little Rock each day, with non-stop jet service to 18 national/international gateway cities.

Little Rock National is currently served by American Eagle, Continental Express, Delta, Delta Connection, Frontier, Northwest, Northwest Airlink, Southwest and US Airways Express.

The Regional Jet made its first appearance at Little Rock National in 1997, with three daily flights by Delta Connection carriers, Comair, to Cincinnati. Comair has now been joined by other Delta Connection carriers as well as American Eagle, Continental Express, Frontier JetExpress, Northwest Airlink and US Airways Express in operating the Regional Jet at Little Rock.

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[edit] History

Adams Field is named after Captain George Geyer Adams, 154th Observation Squadron, Arkansas National Guard, who was killed in the line of duty on September 4, 1937.

American Airlines was the first airline to serve Little Rock when it first landed at Adams Field in 1941.

In 1972, the airport unveiled its current 12-gate terminal.

On June 1, 1999, American Airlines Flight 1420 crashed upon landing at Little Rock National Airport on a flight from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, killing the pilot and 10 passengers.

On July 18, 2006, it was announced that the airport approved funding for building a new terminal. The project will take about four years to complete.[citation needed]

[edit] Terminal

The airport has a single, elongated terminal building with 12 gates. Six gates are located along the length of the terminal (three on either side) and a circular area at the end has six more gates.

The terminal handles more passenger traffic than it was originally designed for. Nineteen planes are berthed every night, and the circular area - where Southwest Airlines, the airport's largest carrier, controls three gates - is especially vulnerable to crowds and long lines. The new terminal will be Y-shaped and have 20 gates to better serve the growing number of passengers who pass through the airport each year.[citation needed]

[edit] Air service

Southwest is the largest carrier at Little Rock National, followed by American Eagle and Delta. Since September 11, 2001, Little Rock has seen a decline in mainline aircraft flights. In 2002, American pulled its mainline flights to Dallas, and in 2003, pulled out all together with its last flights being to St. Louis. American Eagle resumed service to St. Louis in May of 2005. American Eagle also continues service to Dallas and Chicago O'Hare, being the second largest carrier in Little Rock with about 20 flights a day. Delta pulled mainline flights from Dallas and replaced them with regional jets, before stopping service to DFW all together when DFW was de-hubbed. Delta offers several daily mainline flights to Atlanta. Although mainline service has declined, new routes have been announced in its place, with service to Chicago O'Hare, Denver, Minneapolis, Orlando, Newark, and Salt Lake City being added in the past few years. The airport manager has said many times that they are working with many airlines in hopes of upgrading aircraft. The last turboprop flights at the airport are operated by US Airways Express to Kansas City. The airport gained a new airline, Frontier JetExpress in 2004, filling in the gap left by United with service to Denver.

[edit] Airline operated aircraft

  • American Eagle (CRJ-700, ERJ-145)
  • Continental Express (ERJ-145, ERJ-145XR)
  • Delta Air Lines (McDonnell Douglas MD-88)
  • Delta Connection (CRJ-200, CRJ-700, CRJ-900, ERJ-135, ERJ-145, E-170)
  • Frontier Airlines (E-170)
  • Frontier Jet Express (CRJ-700, coming soon E-170)
  • Northwest Airlines (Airbus A-319, Airbus A-320, Douglas DC-9)
  • Northwest Airlink (CRJ-200)
  • Southwest Airlines (Boeing 737)
  • US Airways Express (CRJ-200, CRJ-700, BE-1900)

[edit] Facilities

The airport has 12 passenger gates. American Airlines operates out of Gates 1 and 3, Delta out of 2, 4, and 6, Continental and Frontier Express out of 7, US Airways Express 8, Southwest out of 9, 10, and 11, and Northwest out of 12, with #5 being unoccupied.

LIT has three runways. 4L/22R (8,273 ft) and 4R/22L (8,250 ft) are used for commercial aviation while 18/36 (5,124 ft) is used for general aviation. There are plans to extend 18/36 by 1,100 feet to the north.

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Future Air Service


[edit] Past Destinations

  • American Airlines (Memphis, Nashville)
  • Delta Air Lines (New Orleans, Shreveport, Springfield, Kansas City, Memphis, St. Louis, Huntsville, Dallas-Fort Worth)
  • United Airlines (Chicago, Denver, Wichita, Memphis)
  • US Airways Express (Fayetteville, New Orleans)
  • Northeastern (Kansas City, New Orleans)
  • Ozark (St. Louis, New Orleans)
  • Frontier (Memphis, Hot Springs, Fort Smith, Denver)
  • Texas International (Memphis, Texarkana, Jonesboro, Dallas-Fort Worth, Baltimore (BWI))
  • Rio (Texarkana, Dallas-Fort Worth)
  • Continental Express (New Orleans)
  • Scheduled Skyways (Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Tulsa, Dallas, Memphis, El Dorado)
  • SEMO (Batesville)
  • Trans-Central (Memphis, Nashville, Tulsa, Oklahoma City)
  • Royal American (Fayetteville, Dallas)
  • Conquest (Birmingham, Tyler)

[edit] Past Airlines

[edit] Cargo

[edit] References

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