Tuscaloosa Regional Airport

Tuscaloosa Regional Airport Van De Graaff Field
NAIP aerial image, 2006
IATA: TCL ICAO: KTCL FAA LID: TCL
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	City of Tuscaloosa
Operator	City of Tuscaloosa Department of Transportation, Airport Management Division
Serves	Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Location	Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, U.S.
Elevation AMSL	170 ft / 52 m
Coordinates	33°13′14″N 087°36′41″W / 33.22056°N 87.61139°W / 33.22056; -87.61139
Map
KTCL Location of Tuscaloosa Regional Airport
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 4/22 6,499 1,981 Asphalt 11/29 4,001 1,220 Asphalt
Statistics (2010)
Aircraft operations 55,763 Based aircraft 76
Source: Federal Aviation Administration

Tuscaloosa Regional Airport (IATA: TCL, ICAO: KTCL, FAA LID: TCL) is a public-use airport located three nautical miles (3.5 mi, 5.6 km) northwest of the central business district of Tuscaloosa, a city in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States. The airport is owned and operated by the City of Tuscaloosa. It is included in the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized the airport as a general aviation facility.

Tuscaloosa Regional Airport had 2,400 commercial passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2011. The majority of this traffic was athletic charters from the University of Alabama. Located adjacent to the airport is the Tuscaloosa Industrial Park.

Tuscaloosa Regional Airport covers an area of 724 acres (293 ha) at an elevation of 170 feet (52 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 4/22 is 6,499 by 150 feet (1,981 x 46 m) and 11/29 measures 4,001 by 100 feet (1,220 x 30 m). Runway 4 is equipped with an Instrument Landing System and approach lights, allowing landings in visibility as low as a half mile.