Little Rock National Airport

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Little Rock National Airport
Adams Field

IATA: LIT – ICAO: KLIT – FAA: LIT
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Little Rock
Location Little Rock, Arkansas
Elevation AMSL 262 ft / 80 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 8,250 2,515 Concrete
18/36 5,124 1,562 Concrete
Helipads
Number Length Surface
ft m
H1 50 15 Concrete

Little Rock National Airport (IATA: LIT, ICAO: KLIT, FAA LID: LIT), 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.

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

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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 studying the feasibility for building a new terminal. If deemed feasible, the project will take about four years to complete.[citation needed]

Continental Airlines announced on September 14, 2007 that on May 4, 2008, it would launch new Continental Express service to the airline's Cleveland hub.

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]



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