Asheville Regional Airport

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Asheville Regional Airport
IATA: AVL - ICAO: KAVL - FAA: AVL
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
ft m
16/34 8,001 2,439 Asphalt

Asheville Regional Airport (IATA: AVL, ICAO: KAVL, FAA LID: AVL) 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.

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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.

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

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.

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