Little Rock National Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Little Rock National Airport
nativename = Adams Field

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image2-width = 250
caption2 = Aerial photo as of 25 March 2001
IATA = LIT
ICAO = KLIT
FAA = LIT
type = Public
owner = City of Little Rock
operator =
city-served = Little Rock, Arkansas
location =
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coordinates = coord|34|43|46|N|092|13|28|W|region:US_type:airport
website = [http://www.lrn-airport.com/ www.lrn-airport.com]
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r1-surface = Concrete
r2-number = 4R/22L
r2-length-f = 8,250
r2-length-m = 2,515
r2-surface = Concrete
r3-number = 18/36
r3-length-f = 5,124
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h1-number = H1
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stat-year = 2005
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 167,880
stat2-header = Based aircraft
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footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=LIT|use=PU|own=PU|site=01056.*A, effective 2007-12-20]

Little Rock National Airport airport codes|LIT|KLIT|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. 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.

History

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.

During World War II the airfield was used by the United States Army Air Force Third Air Force for antisubmarine patrols and training.

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.

In August of 2008 the airport announced that it had approved a plan to renovate the terminal over a 15-year period. The central component of the plan would be to expand the terminal from 12 to 17 gates. [http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2008/aug/20/lr-airport-terminal-okd-redesign-20080820/?subscriber/national]

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.

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 have 17 gates.

Airlines and destinations

*American Airlines
**American Eagle (Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth)
*Continental Airlines
**Continental Express operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental)
**Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
*Delta Air Lines (Atlanta)
**Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)
**Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)
*Northwest Airlines (Memphis)
**Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit)
**Northwest Airlink operated by Compass Airlines (Minneapolis/St.Paul, Memphis)
*Southwest Airlines (Baltimore/Washington, Chicago-Midway, Dallas-Love, Houston-Hobby, Las Vegas, St. Louis)
*United Airlines
**United Express operated by Trans States Airlines (Denver)
*US Airways
**US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte)

Cargo

*ABX Air
*UPS Airlines

ee also

* Arkansas World War II Army Airfields

References

External links

* [http://www.lrn-airport.com/ Little Rock National Airport] , official web site
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*FAA-procedures|LIT
*US-airport|LIT