Northeast Alabama Regional Airport

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Northeast Alabama Regional Airport
IATA: GAD - ICAO: KGAD
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		City of Gadsden
Serves		Gadsden, Alabama
Elevation AMSL		569 ft (173.4 m)
Coordinates		33°58′21.5359″N, 86°05′20.7004″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
6/24	6,802	2,073	Asphalt
18/36	4,806	1,465	Asphalt

The Northeast Alabama Regional Airport (IATA: GAD, ICAO: KGAD), formally the Gadsden Municipal Airport, is a public airport located 4 miles (6.4km) southwest of the city of Gadsden, in Etowah County, Alabama, USA. Used primarily for general aviation, this was formally served by passenger service earlier in its history.

Contents 1 Former Airlines 2 Incidents and accidents 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Former Airlines

• Air New Orleans - mid-1980s^[1]
• Atlantic Southeast Airlines - early 1990s

[edit] Incidents and accidents

• On April 9, 1990, a Delta Connection flight operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines Embraer EMB-120 (Registration N217AS), in route to William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport struck a Cessna 172 mid air just after take-off. The Embraer was able to successfully land the aircraft; however, the Cessna was unable to regain control and crashed to the ground. Of the 7 occupants onboard the Embraer, there were zero fatalities; of the 2 occupants onboard the Cessna, there were two fatalities.^[2] The cause of the crash was attributed to pilots of both aircraft inadequately performing a visual lookout in addition to restricted vision caused by the sun's glare.^[2]

[edit] External links

• Resources for this airport:
  • AirNav airport information for KGAD
  • ASN accident history for GAD
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart for KGAD

[edit] References