Northeast Alabama Regional Airport

Airport in Etowah County, Alabama

33°58′22″N 086°05′21″W / 33.97278°N 86.08917°W / 33.97278; -86.08917Websitehttp://www.gadsdenairport.com/Runways

Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
6/24	6,802	2,073	Asphalt
18/36	4,806	1,465	Asphalt

Statistics (2020)

Aircraft operations (year ending 7/31/2020)	23,886
Based aircraft	36

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

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, 2020 the airport had 23,886 aircraft operations, average 65 per day: 93% general aviation, 5% air taxi and 2% military. 36 aircraft were then based at this airport: 26 single-engine, 6 multi-engine, 3 jet, and 1 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]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e FAA Airport Form 5010 for GAD PDF, effective April 18, 2024.
^ "Air New Orleans". AirTimes: A Collector's Guide to Airline Timetables. Retrieved 2007-10-30.
^ "Southern Airways.org". Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
^ "NTSB Report Atlantic Southeast Airlines Embraer EMB-120 Midair Collision With Cessna 172 April 9, 1990" (PDF). reports.aviation-safety.net. Retrieved May 5, 2024.

External links

Airfield photos for GAD from Civil Air Patrol
FAA Terminal Procedures for GAD, effective May 16, 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