# Asheville Regional Airport (AVL / KAVL) **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. Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kavl ## At a glance - IATA / ICAO: AVL / KAVL - FAA: AVL - Type: Medium airport - Serves: Asheville, North Carolina, United States - Opened: 15 Jan 1961 - Elevation: 2,164 ft / 660 m - Coordinates: 35.4355, -82.5419 - Runways: 1 - Longest runway: 8,002 ft / 2,439 m - Instrument procedures: 4 approaches, 1 departure - Passengers: 2,223,647 (2025) - Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York - Website: https://flyavl.com/ - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville_Regional_Airport (13 languages) - Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722416 - Weather station: KAVL · WMO 72315 - Ident: KAVL ## Timeline - 15 Jan 1961: Asheville Regional Airport opens. ## Runways | Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 17/35 | 8,002 ft / 2,439 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 160° / 340° | yes | - FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05061AD.PDF ## Passengers per year | Year | Passengers | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 2014 | 772,094 | Wikidata | | 2015 | 791,350 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2016 | 834,843 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2017 | 956,229 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2018 | 1,146,521 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2019 | 1,618,268 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2020 | 719,088 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2021 | 1,442,907 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2022 | 1,840,123 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2023 | 2,246,873 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2024 | 2,182,403 | BTS T-100 Segment | | 2025 | 2,223,647 | BTS T-100 Segment | ## Routes 5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article. ### Year-round (4) - [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 164 mi / 264 km · Delta Air Lines - [ORD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kord.md) Chicago O'Hare International Airport · United States · 536 mi / 863 km · United Express - [EWR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewr.md) Newark Liberty International Airport · United States · 582 mi / 936 km · United Express - [DEN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kden.md) Denver International Airport · United States · 1,245 mi / 2,004 km · United Express ### Seasonal (1) - [MSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmsp.md) Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · United States · 861 mi / 1,386 km · Delta Air Lines ## Airlines The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from AVL, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata. ### Passenger (2) - UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 3 - DL [Delta Air Lines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-air-lines) · 2 ## Rankings Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place. | Measure | Value | World | Region | Country | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Passengers | 2.2M (2025) | #548 of 3,974 | #131 in North America | #102 in US | | Longest runway | 8,002 ft / 2,439 m | =2,722 of 29,858 | =557 in North America | =413 in US | | Elevation | 2,164 ft / 660 m | =8,157 of 43,403 | #3,776 in North America | #2,873 in US | | Age | Opened 1961 | =4,721 of 15,079 | =3,230 in North America | =3,154 in US | | Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US | ## Radio frequencies | Type | Description | MHz | | --- | --- | --- | | A/D | APP/DEP | 124.650 | | ATIS | ATIS | 120.200 | | CTAF | CTAF | 121.100 | | GND | GND | 121.900 | | TWR | TWR | 121.100 | | UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 | ## Nearby airports - [GSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgsp.md) Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport · 42 mi / 67 km - [GMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgmu.md) Greenville Downtown Airport · 42 mi / 68 km - [AND](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kand.md) Anderson Regional Airport · 66 mi / 106 km - [HKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khky.md) Hickory Regional Airport · 68 mi / 110 km - [TRI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktri.md) Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA Airport · 72 mi / 116 km - [KRHP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krhp.md) Western Carolina Regional Airport · 76 mi / 123 km ## Sources - [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government)) - [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government)) - [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government)) - [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0) - [Wikipedia: “Asheville Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asheville_Regional_Airport&oldid=1376343449), revision of 23 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0) - [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0) - Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kavl/data