Tuscaloosa Regional Airport

Infobox Airport
name = Tuscaloosa Regional Airport


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IATA = TCL
ICAO = KTCL
FAA = TCL
type = Public
owner = City of Tuscaloosa
operator =
city-served =
location = Tuscaloosa, Alabama
elevation-f = 170
elevation-m = 52
website =
r1-number = 4/22
r1-length-f = 6,499
r1-length-m = 1,981
r1-surface = Asphalt
r2-number = 11/29
r2-length-f = 4,001
r2-length-m = 1,220
r2-surface = Asphalt
stat-year = 2005
stat1-header = Aircraft operations
stat1-data = 58,206
footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA-airport|ID=TCL|use=PU|own=PU|site=00554.*A, effective 2007-07-05]

Tuscaloosa Regional Airport Airport codes|TCL|KTCL|TCL is a public airport located three miles (5 km) northwest of the central business district of Tuscaloosa, a city in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. It is owned by the City of Tuscaloosa.

The airport was once served by Delta Connection and American Eagle, but has had no service since 2000. The city and airport have been trying to lure commercial service ever since. Between 2002 and 2006, the airport received $2.2 million in federal, state, and local money to improve its facilities including $400,000 from the FAA as part of a program to help restore commercial airline service to smaller cities. The city matched the grant with $100,000 of local funding. In 2006, the city authorized paying $8500 to a consulting firm to court airlines in an effort to revive commercial service to the airport. City and airport officials stated their belief that the area was in a different economic picture with the Mercedes-Benz plant located in the city (the only one in North America) and new developments in and around the campus of The University of Alabama, including an expansion to Bryant-Denny Stadium. However, these efforts have thus far proven unsuccessful. [cite news|last = Morton|first = Jason|title = Federal dollars help airport grow| work = The Tuscaloosa News|publisher = New York Times Company| date = November 24, 2006] [cite news|last = Lee|first = Suevon|title = Airport receives $400,000 grant; Money for new airline service, could restore commercial status| work = The Tuscaloosa News|publisher = New York Times Company| date = August 15, 2006]

DayJet Announced per seat VLJ service on two pilot planes nonstop to 14 hubs in 3 states in July of 2008 from Tuscaloosa.

As per FAA records, the airport had 1,309 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 1,497 enplanements in 2005. [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/passenger_allcargo_stats/passenger/ FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2005] ] The majority of this traffic was athletic charters from the University of Alabama. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Tuscaloosa Regional is classified as a "general aviation" airport. [ [http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011] ]

Facilities and aircraft

Tuscaloosa Regional Airport covers an area of 724 acres (293 ha) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 measuring 6,499 x 150 ft (1,981 x 46 m) and 11/29 measuring 4,001 x 100 ft (1,220 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2005, the airport had 58,206 aircraft operations, an average of 159 per day: 78% general aviation, 19% military, 2% air taxi and less than 1% scheduled commercial.

References

External links

*PDFlink| [http://al-tuscaloosa.civicplus.com/documents/Transportation/Airport/airport%20web.pdf Tuscaloosa Regional Airport] |385 KiB (City of Tuscaloosa brochure)
*FAA-diagram|00487
*WikiMapia|33.2206|-87.6114|13
*US-airport-ga|TCL