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'Asheville Regional Airport' is a Class C airport near Interstate 40 and Interstate 26 in the town of Fletcher, nine miles (14.5 km) south of the city of Asheville, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2003 it serviced a total of 441,811 passengers.

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Disasters

Airlines and destinations

Aircraft

References

External links

Disasters

On July 19, 1967, Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Boeing 727, collided in mid-air with a Cessna 310 just south of the airport in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The collision happened just moments after the 727 took off from the Asheville Airport. All 82 people on both planes were killed.
On March 15, 2003, a Cessna 177 Cardinal crashed into Old Fort Mountain after taking off from the airport. It killed author Amanda Davis, who was on a book tour promoting her first novel ''Wonder When You'll Miss Me'' (ISBN 0-688-16781-0), and her parents.
On May 4, 2007, a 1977 Cessna 182 en route to Asheville Airport crashed near the airport, killing three Georgia men. Initial reports said that rapper Jay-Z was on-board. These were false. [1]

Airlines and destinations

★ Continental Express Gate A1

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★ Continental Express operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)

★ Delta Connection Gate B3

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★ Delta Connection operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines (Atlanta)

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★ Delta Connection operated by Chautauqua Airlines (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)

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★ Delta Connection operated by Comair (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky)

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★ Delta Connection operated by Freedom Airlines (Atlanta, Orlando)

★ Northwest Airlink Gate A2

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★ Northwest Airlink operated by Pinnacle Airlines (Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul)

★ US Airways Express Gate B1

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★ US Airways Express operated by Piedmont Airlines (Charlotte)

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★ US Airways Express operated by PSA Airlines (Charlotte, Washington-Reagan [Saturdays only, seasonal])

Aircraft

The airport currently sees the following models of aircraft on a regular basis:

★ ATR 72 Turboprop (66 passengers)

★ Canadair Regional Jet (50 passengers)

★ De Havilland Canada Dash 8 Turboprop (37 or 50 passengers)

★ Embraer ERJ (37, 44, or 50 passengers)
A Concorde visited AVL during a 1987 promotional tour and was snowed in. Chartered Boeing 747s (United Airlines) have also visited, as has an Airbus A340 during the visit of Charles, Prince of Wales, to the nearby Biltmore Estate in 1996. AVL's 8,001-foot runway allows for the operation of almost any aircraft type.

References

★ Asheville Regional Airport (official web site)

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External links

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★ NCDOT Airport Information: