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]
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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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Facilities and aircraft
editAnniston 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
editAnniston 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
editReferences
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 October 31, 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