Tuscaloosa Regional Airport

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Coordinates: 33°13′14″N 087°36′41″W / 33.22056, -87.61139

Tuscaloosa Regional Airport
IATA: TCL – ICAO: KTCL – FAA: TCL
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Tuscaloosa
Location Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Elevation AMSL 170 ft / 52 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
4/22 6,499 1,981 Asphalt
11/29 4,001 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 58,206
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Tuscaloosa Regional Airport (IATA: TCLICAO: KTCLFAA LID: TCL) is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Tuscaloosa, a city in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. It is owned by the City of Tuscaloosa.[1]

The airport was once served by Delta Connection and American Eagle, but has had no service since 2000. The city and airport have been trying to lure commericial service ever since. Between 2002 and 2006, the airport received $2.2 million in federal, state, and local money to improve its facilities including $400,000 from the FAA as part of a program to help restore commerical airline service to smaller cities. The city matched the grant with $100,000 of local funding. In 2006, the city authorized paying $8500 to a consulting firm to court airlines in an effort to revive commercial service to the airport. City and airport officials stated their belief that the area was in a different economic picture with the Mercedes-Benz Plant located in the city (the only one in North America) and new developments in and around the campus of The University of Alabama, including an expansion to Bryant-Denny Stadium. However, to date, these efforts have thus far proven unsuccessful.[2][3]

As per FAA records, the airport had 1,309 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 1,497 enplanements in 2005.[4] The majority of this traffic were athletic charters from the University of Alabama. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Tuscaloosa Regional is classified as a general aviation airport.[5]

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Tuscaloosa Regional Airport covers an area of 724 acres (293 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 measuring 6,499 x 150 ft. (1,981 x 46 m) and 11/29 measuring 4,001 x 100 ft. (1,220 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2005, the airport had 58,206 aircraft operations, an average of 159 per day: 78% general aviation, 19% military, 2% air taxi and <1% scheduled commercial.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for TCL (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-07-05
  2. ^ Morton, Jason. "Federal dollars help airport grow", The Tuscaloosa News, New York Times Company, November 24, 2006. 
  3. ^ Lee, Suevon. "Airport receives $400,000 grant; Money for new airline service, could restore commercial status", The Tuscaloosa News, New York Times Company, August 15, 2006. 
  4. ^ FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2005
  5. ^ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011

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