Anniston Regional Airport
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | City of Anniston | ||||||||||
| Serves | Anniston, Alabama | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 612 ft / 187 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°35′17″N 085°51′29″W / 33.58806°N 85.85806°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.annistonal.gov/airport/ | ||||||||||
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  ANB Location of airport in Alabama  ANB ANB (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Anniston Regional Airport (IATA: ANB, ICAO: KANB, FAA LID: ANB), formerly known as Anniston Metropolitan Airport, is a city-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) southwest of the central business district of Anniston, a city in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Anniston Regional Airport covers an area of 596 acres (241 ha) at an elevation of 612 feet (187 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,000 by 150 feet (2,134 x 46 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2012, the airport had 33,644 aircraft operations, an average of 92 per day: 71% general aviation, 15% military, 14% air taxi, and <1% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 32 aircraft based at this airport: 50% single-engine, 31% multi-engine, 6% jet, 6% glider, and 6% ultralight.[1]
Incidents
[edit]Anniston Metropolitan Airport was the intended destination of GP Express Flight 861, which crashed about 7.5 miles (12.1 km) northeast of the airport on June 8, 1992.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Form 5010 for ANB PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective January 5, 2017.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB)" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-27.
External links
[edit]- Anniston Regional Airport at City of Anniston website
- Anniston Aviation, the fixed-base operator (FBO)
- Aerial image as of March 1998 from USGS The National Map
- "Airfield photos from U.S. Civil Air Patrol". Archived from the original on September 23, 2006. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - FAA Terminal Procedures for ANB, effective November 28, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for ANB
- AirNav airport information for KANB
- ASN accident history for ANB
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures