# Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTR / KGTR)

**Golden Triangle Regional Airport** (IATA: GTR, ICAO: KGTR) is a medium airport in Columbus/W Point/Starkville, Mississippi, United States. It opened in Aug 1971. It has one runway, 8,003 ft (2,439 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 117 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: GTR / KGTR
- FAA: GTR
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Columbus/W Point/Starkville, Mississippi, United States
- Opened: Aug 1971
- Elevation: 264 ft / 81 m
- Coordinates: 33.4503, -88.5914
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 8,003 ft / 2,439 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Passengers: 116,591 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-6/-5 · America/Chicago
- Website: http://www.gtra.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Triangle_Regional_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3275535
- Weather station: KGTR
- Ident: KGTR

## Timeline

- Aug 1971: Golden Triangle Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 8,003 ft / 2,439 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 180° / 360° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05855AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 77,272 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 81,190 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 81,979 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 91,420 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 103,245 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 43,370 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 71,970 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 85,422 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 85,384 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 93,245 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 116,591 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 240 mi / 386 km · Delta Connection
- [DFW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdfw.md) Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · United States · 490 mi / 788 km · American Eagle

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

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

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 117K (2025) | #1,750 of 3,974 | #395 in North America | #264 in US |
| Longest runway | 8,003 ft / 2,439 m | =2,714 of 29,858 | =551 in North America | =407 in US |
| Elevation | 264 ft / 81 m | =32,223 of 43,403 | =14,779 in North America | =12,454 in US |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =4,595 in North America | =4,505 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 | COLUMBUS APP/DEP | 135.600 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 126.375 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 126.375 |
| CLD | COLUMBUS CLNC DEL | 126.250 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 118.200 |
| GND | GND/CLNC DEL | 135.375 |
| TWR | TWR | 118.200 |
| UNIC | UNICOM | 122.800 |

## Nearby airports

- [CBM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcbm.md) Columbus Air Force Base · 16 mi / 25 km
- [TUP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktup.md) Tupelo Regional Airport · 57 mi / 92 km
- [TCL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktcl.md) Tuscaloosa National Airport · 59 mi / 95 km
- [KNMM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knmm.md) Naval Air Station Meridian / McCain Field · 62 mi / 100 km
- [MEI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmei.md) Key Field / Meridian Regional Airport · 78 mi / 125 km
- [UOX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kuox.md) University Oxford Airport · 84 mi / 136 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: “Golden Triangle Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Golden_Triangle_Regional_Airport&oldid=1365147673), revision of 20 Jul 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/kgtr/data