# Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field (FAY / KFAY)

**Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field** (IATA: FAY, ICAO: KFAY) is a medium airport in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. It opened in May 1949. It has 2 runways; the longest is 7,709 ft (2,350 m). In 2025 it handled 334 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfay

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: FAY / KFAY
- FAA: FAY
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: May 1949
- Elevation: 189 ft / 58 m
- Coordinates: 34.9912, -78.8803
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 7,709 ft / 2,350 m
- Instrument procedures: 8 approaches, 1 departure
- Passengers: 334,434 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.flyfay.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayetteville_Regional_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q290929
- Weather station: KFAY
- Ident: KFAY

## Timeline

- May 1949: Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 04/22 | 7,709 ft / 2,350 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 031° / 211° | yes |
| 10/28 | 4,801 ft / 1,463 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 091° / 271° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00690AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 437,965 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 445,881 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 477,654 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 469,929 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 434,168 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 243,064 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 373,414 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 328,849 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 332,640 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 333,722 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 334,434 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

6 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 117 mi / 189 km · American Eagle
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 330 mi / 531 km · Delta Connection

### Cargo (4)

- [RDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdu.md) Raleigh-Durham International Airport · United States · 62 mi / 99 km · American Eagle
- [IAD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiad.md) Washington Dulles International Airport · United States · 284 mi / 457 km · United Express
- [SFB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ksfb.md) Orlando Sanford International Airport · United States · 451 mi / 726 km · Allegiant Air
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 1,049 mi / 1,689 km · American Eagle

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from FAY, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 3
- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1

### Cargo (2)

- G4 [Allegiant Air](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/allegiant-air) · 1
- UA [United Express](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/united-express) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 334K (2025) | #1,292 of 3,974 | #295 in North America | #197 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,709 ft / 2,350 m | #2,990 of 29,858 | #632 in North America | #472 in US |
| Elevation | 189 ft / 58 m | #34,281 of 43,403 | #15,649 in North America | #13,162 in US |
| Age | Opened 1949 | =3,461 of 15,079 | =2,337 in North America | =2,277 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | APP/DEP | 125.175 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 121.250 |
| GCA | GND | 121.700 |
| RDO | RALEIGH RDO | 25.540 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.300 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.950 |

## Nearby airports

- [FBG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfbg.md) Simmons Army Air Field · 10 mi / 16 km
- [POB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpob.md) Pope Field · 15 mi / 23 km
- [LBT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/klbt.md) Lumberton Regional Airport · 28 mi / 45 km
- [KJNX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjnx.md) Johnston Regional Airport · 47 mi / 76 km
- [GSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgsb.md) Seymour Johnson Air Force Base · 57 mi / 92 km
- [RDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdu.md) Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 62 mi / 99 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: “Fayetteville Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fayetteville_Regional_Airport&oldid=1367779396), revision of 5 Aug 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/kfay/data
