GSO

Piedmont Triad International Airport

ICAO KGSO36.0994°N 79.9373°W926 ft / 282 mLarge airport
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KGSO Airport Diagram
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Piedmont Triad International Airport (IATA: GSO, ICAO: KGSO) is a large airport in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It opened in 1927. It has 3 runways; the longest is 10,001 ft (3,048 m). In 2025 it handled 2.0 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1927–1927
1927
OpenedPiedmont Triad International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Piedmont Triad International Airport
05R/23L046° / 226° · LIT
LENGTH10,001 ft3,048 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
05L/23R046° / 226° · LIT
LENGTH9,000 ft2,743 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
14/32135° / 315° · LIT
LENGTH6,380 ft1,945 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
1.7M
1.7M
1.7M
1.8M
1.9M
2.2M
772K
1.3M
1.6M
1.8M
2.0M
2.0M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

19 destinations · 1 country
500 km1,000 km1,500 km250 mi500 mi750 mi1,000 miCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 83 mi / 134 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 239 mi / 385 kmDCA · Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport · 248 mi / 399 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 306 mi / 493 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 365 mi / 587 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 445 mi / 716 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 460 mi / 741 kmLGA · LaGuardia Airport · 460 mi / 741 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 536 mi / 863 kmPIE · St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport · 588 mi / 947 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 589 mi / 948 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 712 mi / 1,146 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 997 mi / 1,605 kmSFB · Orlando Sanford International Airport · 512 mi / 824 kmBDL · Bradley International Airport · 560 mi / 901 kmGSP · Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport · 153 mi / 246 kmCAE · Columbia Metropolitan Airport · 163 mi / 263 kmCHS · Charleston International Airport · 221 mi / 356 kmCVG · Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport · 329 mi / 530 kmDFWMIAORDPIEBDLMCODTWLGAPHLCVGATLDCACHSCAEGSPCLTSFBIADEWRGSO
Year-round13
CLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, American Airlines134 km83 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Express385 km239 miDCARonald Reagan Washington National AirportUnited States · American Eagle399 km248 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines493 km306 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Eagle587 km365 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Express716 km445 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Connection741 km460 miLGALaGuardia AirportUnited States · Delta Connection, American Eagle741 km460 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Breeze Airways863 km536 miPIESt. Petersburg Clearwater International AirportUnited States · Allegiant Air947 km588 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Express, American Eagle948 km589 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Eagle1,146 km712 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,605 km997 mi
Most destinationsAmerican Eagle 7United Express 3FedEx Express 3American Airlines 2Delta Connection 2Breeze Airways 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from GSO. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Piedmont Triad International Airport” (revision of 30 Jul 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers2.0M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#564of 3,974 · #135 North America · #104 USLongest runway10,001 ft3,048 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,048of 29,823 · =234 North America · =183 USElevation926 ft282 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft#18,960of 43,341 · #8,608 North America · #6,964 USAgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =42 North America · =40 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 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/DEP118.500
ATISATIS128.550
CLDCLNC DEL121.750
GNDGND121.900
TWRTWR119.100
UNICUNICOM122.950