Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport
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Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (IATA: CHA, ICAO: KCHA, FAA LID: CHA), also known as Lovell Field, is a public airport located five miles (8 km) east of the central business district of Chattanooga, a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority.[1] It is a Class C airport serviced by Chattanooga Approach.
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport has a single concourse. Commercial service is provided by connection carriers for several major airlines. General aviation is serviced by TAC Air FBO. The general aviation ramp is split into two locations, with one on the South side of the main terminal, and the other to the North. The locations are respectively referred to as "TAC Air North" and "TAC Air South." General aviation can find service at either location, although business jets are preferred at North, and military and other miscellaneous traffic is preferred at South. The Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority has also imposed parking fees upon aircraft that arrive for ANY reason at the North location; therefore, it is advisable for small general aviation to go to the South location, as TAC Air owns that ramp outright, and no parking fees are imposed.
Airport administrators have launched several marketing campaigns to combat the large number of Chattanooga-area leisure travelers who opt to fly from Nashville International Airport or Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Each of these airports is served by low-fare carriers and is about a two-hour drive from the Chattanooga area, via Interstate 24 to Nashville or Interstate 75 to Atlanta.
Currently, a flight from Chattanooga to Atlanta can take only 17 minutes (from wheels up to wheels down) flying on a Canadair Regional Jet (operated by Delta Connection). When flight operations in Atlanta are interrupted, Chattanooga is one of the first airports to receive diversions.
It has been proposed that a new high-speed rail line be constructed from the airport to MARTA in metro Atlanta, so that it could easily serve as Atlanta's second airport.[2][3]
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[edit] Facilities and aircraft
Lovell Field covers an area of 950 acres (384 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 2/20 measuring 7,400 x 150 ft. (2,256 x 46 m) and 15/33 measuring 5,000 x 150 ft. (1,524 x 46 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 77,361 aircraft operations, an average of 211 per day: 57% general aviation, 24% air taxi, 14% military and 5% scheduled commercial. There are 115 aircraft based at this airport: 53% jet, 31% single-engine, 14% multi-engine and 2% helicopter.[1]
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Allegiant Air Gate 4 (Fort Lauderdale, Orlando-Sanford, St. Petersburg/Clearwater)
- American Airlines Gate 4
- American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)
- Continental Airlines Gate 2
- Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
- Delta Air Lines Gates 3 and 5
- Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
- Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
- Northwest Airlines Gate 2
- Northwest Airlink operated by Mesaba Airlines (Memphis) [ends 8/18]
- Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit, Memphis)
- US Airways Gate 1
- US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Charlotte)
- US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte, Washington-Reagan)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for CHA (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-10-25
- ^ "Atlanta to study second airport", Chattanooga Times Free Press, 2007-05-16.
- ^ "Officials want 2nd Atlanta airport scenario studied", Chattanooga Times Free Press, 2007-05-30.
[edit] External links
- Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (official web site)
- Lovell Field page at Tennessee DOT Airport Directory
- FAA Airport Diagram for Lovell Field(PDF), effective 5 June 2008
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KCHA
- ASN accident history for CHA
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCHA
- FAA current CHA delay information
- Lovell Field at WikiMapia