# Northeast Alabama Regional Airport (GAD / KGAD)

**Northeast Alabama Regional Airport** (IATA: GAD, ICAO: KGAD) is a small airport in Gadsden, Alabama, United States. It opened in Jan 1944. It has one runway, 6,802 ft (2,073 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GAD / KGAD
- FAA: GAD
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Gadsden, Alabama, United States
- Opened: Jan 1944
- Elevation: 569 ft / 174 m
- Coordinates: 33.9726, -86.0890
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,802 ft / 2,073 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.nealair.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_Alabama_Regional_Airport (4 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7057821
- Weather station: KGAD
- Ident: KGAD

## Timeline

- Jan 1944: Northeast Alabama Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 06/24 | 6,802 ft / 2,073 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 061° / 241° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/00897AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,802 ft / 2,073 m | #3,680 of 29,858 | #902 in North America | #686 in US |
| Elevation | 569 ft / 174 m | #25,952 of 43,403 | #12,468 in North America | #10,401 in US |
| Age | Opened 1944 | =2,300 of 15,079 | =1,299 in North America | =1,249 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 | BIRMINGHAM APP/DEP | 120.050 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 127.825 |
| RDO | ANNISTON RDO | 112.300 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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## Sources

- [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)
- [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/kgad/data