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

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

• 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] 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]