Northeast Alabama Regional Airport

Northeast Alabama Regional Airport (IATA: GAD, ICAO: KGAD, FAA LID: GAD) is five miles southwest of Gadsden, in Etowah County, Alabama.[1] It is owned by Gadsden Airport Authority[1] and it used to be Gadsden Municipal Airport. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013 categorized as a general aviation facility.

Northeast Alabama Regional Airport
NAIP image, 2006
IATA: GAD ICAO: KGAD FAA LID: GAD
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Gadsden Airport Authority
Serves	Gadsden, Alabama
Elevation AMSL	569 ft / 173 m
Coordinates	33°58′22″N 086°05′21″W
Website	http://www.nealair.com/
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 6/24 6,802 2,073 Asphalt 18/36 4,806 1,465 Asphalt
Statistics (2009)
Aircraft operations 23,886 Based aircraft 40
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Facilities

The airport covers 1,480 acres (600 ha) at an elevation of 569 feet (173 m). It has two asphalt runways: 6/24 is 6,802 by 150 feet (2,073 x 46 m) and 18/36 is 4,806 by 150 feet (1,465 x 46 m).[1]

In the year ending July 31, 2019 the airport had 23,886 aircraft operations, average 65 per day: 93% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 2% military. 40 aircraft were then based at this airport: 70% single-engine, 15% multi-engine, 8% jet, 5% glider and 2% helicopter.[1]

Former airlines

• Air New Orleans - mid-1980s[2]
• Atlantic Southeast Airlines - early 1990s
• Southern Airways[3]

The first airline flights were Southern Airways DC-3s in 1949; successor Republic pulled out its Convair 580s in 1981.

Incidents and accidents

• On April 9, 1990, a Delta Connection flight operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines Embraer EMB-120 (Registration N217AS) as Flight 2254, en route to William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport struck a Cessna 172 just after take-off. The Embraer was able to land, but the Cessna was unable to regain control and crashed. Of the seven on the Embraer, there were zero fatalities; the two on board the Cessna were killed.[4] 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.[4]

References

1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for GAD PDF, effective 2009-07-02.
2. "Air New Orleans". AirTimes: A Collector's Guide to Airline Timetables. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
3. "Southern Airways.org". Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
4. "Brief of Accident". NTSB. Retrieved 2007-10-01.

External links

• Airfield photos for GAD from Civil Air Patrol
• FAA Terminal Procedures for GAD, effective December 31, 2020
• AC-U-KWIK information for KGAD

• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for GAD
  • AirNav airport information for KGAD
  • ASN accident history for GAD
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures