AVL

Asheville Regional Airport

ICAO KAVL35.4355°N 82.5419°W2,164 ft / 660 mMedium airport
On the map
KAVL Airport Diagram
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Asheville Regional Airport (IATA: AVL, ICAO: KAVL) is a medium airport in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. It opened on 15 Jan 1961. It has one runway, 8,002 ft (2,439 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 2.2 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1961–1961
15 JAN 1961
OpenedAsheville Regional Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Landmark AviationCommercial Terminal
17/35160° / 340° · LIT
LENGTH8,002 ft2,439 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
772K
791K
835K
956K
1.1M
1.6M
719K
1.4M
1.8M
2.2M
2.2M
2.2M
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Routes

5 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsUnited Express 3Delta Air Lines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from AVL. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Asheville Regional Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#548of 3,974 · #131 North America · #102 USLongest runway8,002 ft2,439 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,721of 29,823 · =557 North America · =413 USElevation2,164 ft660 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=8,153of 43,341 · #3,773 North America · #2,870 USAgeOpened 19612026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,721of 15,079 · =3,230 North America · =3,154 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels
A/DAPP/DEP124.650
ATISATIS120.200
CTAFCTAF121.100
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR121.100
UNICUNICOM122.950