Little Rock National Airport

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Little Rock National Airport
Adams Field


Little Rock National Airport, 25 Mar 2001
IATA: LIT – ICAO: KLIT – FAA: LIT
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner City of Little Rock
Serves Little Rock, Arkansas
Elevation AMSL 262 ft / 80 m
Coordinates 34°43′46″N 092°13′28″W / 34.72944, -92.22444
Website www.lrn-airport.com
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
Statistics (2005)
Aircraft operations 167,880
Based aircraft 152
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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 of Little Rock, a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, United States.[1] 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, Northwest Airlink, United Express, and US Airways Express in operating the regional jet at Little Rock.

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[edit] History

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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 June 1931.

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. Only a month later, on June 12, 2008, Continental announced the service would end September 2, 2008.

Mexicana is talking with the officials of Little Rock to potentially start services. if so, Mexicana would be the first international airline flying to the airport. However, given the rising cost of fuel and the fact that the airport has recently lost service to domestic destinations such as New Orleans, Orlando, Salt Lake City, Cleveland, and a carrier, Frontier Express, this is highly unlikely.

[edit] Facilities and aircraft

Adams Field covers an area of 2,000 acres (809 ha) which contains three runways and one helipad. For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2005, the airport had 167,880 aircraft operations, an average of 459 per day: 42% general aviation, 23% air taxi, 15% scheduled commercial and 20% military. At that time there were 152 aircraft based at this airport: 45% single-engine, 32% multi-engine, 22% jet and 1% helicopter.[1]

[edit] Terminal

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]

[edit] Airlines and destinations

[edit] Cargo

[edit] See Also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c FAA Airport Master Record for LIT (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20

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