Anniston Regional Airport
NAIP aerial image, 2006
IATA: ANB ICAO: KANB FAA LID: ANB
Summary
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 / 33.58806; -85.85806
Website	www.annistonal.gov/airport/
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 5/23 7,000 2,134 Asphalt
Statistics (2017)
Aircraft operations (2015) 23,107 Based aircraft 27
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

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

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

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.