Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport
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Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport Woodrum Field |
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Main terminal building
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Roanoke Regional Airport Commission | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Roanoke Valley, New River Valley | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Roanoke, Virginia, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,125 ft / 343 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°19′32″N 079°58′32″W / 37.32556°N 79.97556°WCoordinates: 37°19′32″N 079°58′32″W / 37.32556°N 79.97556°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www |
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration
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| Aircraft operations (2016) | 46,412 |
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| Based aircraft (2017) | 98 |
Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional Airport (IATA: ROA, ICAO: KROA, FAA LID: ROA), also known as Woodrum Field, is a regional airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of the central business district of Roanoke, a city in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. It is governed by the five-member Roanoke Regional Airport Commission that includes representatives from both the city and county of Roanoke. The airport has two runways and over 60 scheduled flights each day.
As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 315,293 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 297,588 enplanements in 2009, and 316,478 in 2010. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a non-hub primary commercial service facility.
With a history stretching to the time following World War I, Roanoke Regional Airport has evolved from a pair of dirt runways and a single hangar to a fully equipped, modern airport serving multiple commercial airlines. Today the airport features a terminal building completed in 1989, a pair of asphalt runways, and a control tower completed in 2005 that serves the residents of the greater Roanoke Valley.
For the 12 month period ending June 2017, Roanoke Regional saw 609,000 passengers, with 81% on-time departures and 83% on-time arrivals. The top carriers into Roanoke were Piedmont Airlines with 35.3%, ExpressJet with 23.18%, Delta with 13.87%, Allegiant with 10.56%, and Trans States with 7.49% of all passengers.
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