AirportsAsheville Regional Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Asheville, in North Carolina, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is AVL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- AVL
- ICAO code
- KAVL
- City
- Asheville
- State or region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 35.4355° N, 82.5419° W
- Elevation
- 660 m (2,165 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,439 m (8,002 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, AVL means Asheville Regional Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KAVL. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 35.4355° N, 82.5419° W. It stands 660 metres (2,165 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Knoxville, about 138 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Asheville Regional Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,439 metres (8,002 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 243.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,439 m 8,002 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Greenville-Spartanburg International AirportGreenville/Greer/Spartanburg | GSP | 67 km |
| Tri-Cities Regional TN/VA AirportBlountville | TRI | 116 km |
| McGhee Tyson AirportKnoxville/Maryville | TYS | 138 km |
| Charlotte Douglas International AirportCharlotte | CLT | 147 km |
| Concord-Padgett Regional AirportConcord | USA | 166 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,586 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,421 km | 16 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,946 km | 14 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,498 km | 8 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 960 km | 1 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,265 km | 4 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,869 km | 19 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,986 km | 13 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,163 km | 18 h 45 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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