Northeast Alabama Regional Airport

Airport in Etowah County, Alabama

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 / ﻿33.97278°N 86.08917°W﻿ / 33.97278; -86.08917
Website| http://www.gadsdenairport.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]

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.

## Facilities[edit]

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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* 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]

## See also[edit]

* List of airports in Alabama

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b "Brief of Accident". NTSB. Retrieved 2007-10-01.

## External links[edit]

* Airfield photos for GAD from Civil Air Patrol
* FAA Terminal Procedures for GAD, effective January 25, 2024
* 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

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