Tuscaloosa National Airport
Tuscaloosa Regional Airport (IATA Airport code TCL) is a public airport located three miles northwest of the central business district of Tuscaloosa, in Tuscaloosa County. It is owned by the City of Tuscaloosa.
As of Fall 2006, the city has authorized funding for airline courting, in an effort to revive commercial service to the airport. The city and airport officials believe that the city is in a different economic picture with the Mercedes-Benz Plant located in the city.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 1,309 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2004 and 1,497 enplanements in 2005. The majority of this traffic were athletic charters from the University of Alabama. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007-2011, Tuscaloosa Regional is classified as a general aviation airport.
Facilities and aircraft
Tuscaloosa Regional Airport covers an area of 724 acres which contains two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 measuring 6,499 x 150 feet and 11/29 measuring 4,001 x 100 feet. For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2005, the airport had 58,206 aircraft operations, an average of 159 per day: 78% general aviation, 19% military, 2% air taxi and <1% scheduled commercial.
Previous service
Currently, Tuscaloosa Regional does not feature regularly scheduled commercial air service. Throughout its history various carriers served the airport including but not limited to:
- Delta Connection
- American Eagle once served Tuscaloosa Regional with regular turbo-prop service to its regional hub in Nashville. In December 1995, service was discontinued due to Nashville losing its hub status for American Airlines leaving travelers from Tuscaloosa with few connection options. Due to low ridership, during its final month operating out of Tuscaloosa, all flights were routed through the Birmingham Municipal Airport going to and from Tuscaloosa.
References
- Tuscaloosa Regional Airport. (2007, November 14). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 00:49, March 27, 2008 [1]
- FAA Passenger Boarding and All-Cargo Data: 2005
- FAA National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems: 2007-2011
- News Briefs (November 17, 1995) "News briefs: Metro." Birmingham News.
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