List of Class C airports in the United States

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Class C is a class of airspace in the United States which follows International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) air space designation. Class C airspace areas are designed to improve aviation safety by reducing the risk of mid-air collisions in the terminal area and enhance the management of air traffic operations therein. [1] Aircraft operating in these airspace areas are subject to certain operating rules and equipment requirements. [1]

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Class C airspace protects the approach and departure paths from aircraft not under air traffic control. All aircraft inside Class C airspace are subject to air traffic control. Traffic operating under VFR must be in communication with a controller before entering the airspace. The airspace is similar to Class B's "upside-down wedding cake", but much smaller and simpler. The innermost ring with a radius of 5 nautical miles (9 km) typically extends from the surface area around the airport to 4,000 feet (1,220 m) AGL (above ground level; charted in MSL), and an outer ring, with a radius of 10 nautical miles (19 km) that typically surrounds the inner ring and extends from a floor at 1,200 feet (370 m) AGL, (also charted in MSL), to the ceiling at 4,000 feet (1,220 m) AGL, (again charted in MSL). These dimensions are sometimes highly customized when deemed necessary to accommodate IFR traffic patterns and other surrounding airspace design issues such as the overlapping or close proximities to other classes of airspace.

As of January 2023, there are 122 Class C airports in the United States (counting NAS Whiting Field as 2 different airports). [2] [3] [4]

The following list of Class C airports is sorted by state/territory and IATA Airport Code/ICAO Airport Code. [2]

United States

Airport

Code

State

Total Movements

BHM / KBHM Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport Alabama104,847 [5]
HSV / KHSV Huntsville International Airport (Carl T. Jones Field) Alabama54,898 [6]
MOB / KMOB Mobile Regional Airport Alabama75,034 [7]
ANC / PANC Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Alaska216,208 [8]
DMA / KDMA Davis Monthan Air Force Base Arizona
TUS / KTUS Tucson International Airport Arizona127,092 [9]
LIT / KLIT Little Rock National Airport (Adams Field) Arkansas61,278 [10]
XNA / KXNA Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (Fayetteville/Springdale) Arkansas28,440 [11]
BAB / KBAB Beale Air Force Base California
BUR / KBUR Bob Hope Airport (Burbank) California127,524 [12]
FAT / KFAT Fresno Yosemite International Airport California92,361 [13]
MRY / KMRY Monterey Regional Airport California41,926 [14]
OAK / KOAK Oakland International Airport (Metropolitan Oakland) California237,821 [15]
ONT / KONT LA/Ontario International Airport California103,167 [16]
RIV / KRIV March Air Reserve Base (March Field) California
SBA / KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport California90,939 [17]
SJC / KSJC San Jose International Airport California207,611 [18]
SMF / KSMF Sacramento International Airport California132,773 [19]
SNA / KSNA John Wayne Airport (Orange County) California315,838 [20]
COS / KCOS Colorado Springs Airport (City of Colorado Springs Municipal) Colorado135,431 [21]
BDL / KBDL Bradley International Airport Connecticut82,837 [22]
DAB / KDAB Daytona Beach International Airport Florida364,071 [23]
FLL / KFLL Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport Florida277,267 [24]
JAX / KJAX Jacksonville International Airport Florida71,705 [25]
NDZ / KNDZ Naval Air Station Whiting Field (South) Florida
NPA / KNPA Naval Air Station Pensacola Florida
NSE / KNSE Naval Air Station Whiting Field (North) Florida
PBI / KPBI Palm Beach International Airport Florida162,237 [26]
PNS / KPNS Pensacola International Airport Florida122,331 [27]
RSW / KRSW Southwest Florida International Airport (Fort Myers) Florida71,693 [28]
SFB / KSFB Orlando Sanford International Airport Florida180,361 [29]
SRQ / KSRQ Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport Florida150,746 [30]
TLH / KTLH Tallahassee International Airport Florida74,363 [31]
SAV / KSAV Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport Georgia112,897 [32]
OGG / PHOG Kahului Airport (Maui) Hawaii152,573 [33]
BOI / KBOI Boise Airport (Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field) Idaho137,459 [34]
CMI / KCMI University of Illinois Willard Airport (Champaign–Urbana) Illinois46,529 [35]
MDW / KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport Illinois232,084 [36]
MLI / KMLI Quad City International Airport (Moline) Illinois28,181 [37]
PIA / KPIA General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport Illinois44,801 [38]
SPI / KSPI Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (Springfield) Illinois27,378 [39]
EVV / KEVV Evansville Regional Airport Indiana34,693 [40]
FWA / KFWA Fort Wayne International Airport Indiana41,153 [41]
IND / KIND Indianapolis International Airport Indiana144,078 [42]
SBN / KSBN South Bend Regional Airport (Michiana Regional Transportation Center/Bendix Field/St. Joseph County) Indiana46,174 [43]
CID / KCID The Eastern Iowa Airport (Cedar Rapids) Iowa46,325 [44]
DSM / KDSM Des Moines International Airport Iowa66,320 [45]
ICT / KICT Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport Kansas86,970 [46]
LEX / KLEX Blue Grass Airport (Lexington) Kentucky71,545 [47]
SDF / KSDF Louisville International Airport (Standiford Field) Kentucky151,133 [48]
BAD / KBAD Barksdale Air Force Base Louisiana
BTR / KBTR Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (Ryan Field) Louisiana55,331 [49]
LFT / KLFT Lafayette Regional Airport Louisiana39,240 [50]
SHV / KSHV Shreveport Regional Airport Louisiana32,563 [51]
BGR / KBGR Bangor International Airport Maine44,682 [52]
PWM / KPWM Portland International Jetport Maine75,459 [53]
FNT / KFNT Bishop International Airport (Flint) Michigan44,632 [54]
GRR / KGRR Gerald R. Ford International Airport (Grand Rapids) Michigan58,170 [55]
LAN / KLAN Capital Region International Airport (Lansing) Michigan28,492 [56]
CBM / KCBM Columbus Air Force Base Mississippi
JAN / KJAN Jackson–Evers International Airport Mississippi57,479 [57]
SGF / KSGF Springfield–Branson National Airport Missouri47,565 [58]
BIL / KBIL Billings Logan International Airport Montana95,382 [59]
LNK / KLNK Lincoln Airport Nebraska58,577 [60]
OFF / KOFF Offutt Air Force Base Nebraska
OMA / KOMA Eppley Airfield (Omaha) Nebraska93,856 [61]
RNO / KRNO Reno–Tahoe International Airport Nevada104,239 [62]
MHT / KMHT Manchester–Boston Regional Airport New Hampshire47,641 [63]
ACY / KACY Atlantic City International Airport New Jersey43,154 [64]
ABQ / KABQ Albuquerque International Sunport New Mexico134,024 [65]
ALB / KALB Albany International Airport New York42,679 [66]
BUF / KBUF Buffalo Niagara International Airport New York48,358 [67]
ISP / KISP Long Island MacArthur Airport (Islip) New York116,662 [68]
ROC / KROC Greater Rochester International Airport New York80,040 [69]
SYR / KSYR Syracuse Hancock International Airport New York57,040 [70]
AVL / KAVL Asheville Regional Airport North Carolina77,601 [71]
FAY / KFAY Fayetteville Regional Airport (Grannis Field) North Carolina34,695 [72]
GSO / KGSO Piedmont Triad International Airport (Greensboro) North Carolina65,932 [73]
POB / KPOB Pope Army Airfield North Carolina
RDU / KRDU Raleigh–Durham International Airport North Carolina169,797 [74]
CAK / KCAK Akron–Canton Airport Ohio57,935 [75]
CMH / KCMH John Glenn Columbus International Airport Ohio79,053 [76]
DAY / KDAY James M. Cox Dayton International Airport Ohio41,278 [77]
TOL / KTOL Toledo Express Airport Ohio38,803 [78]
OKC / KOKC Will Rogers World Airport (Oklahoma City) Oklahoma104,802 [79]
TIK / KTIK Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma
TUL / KTUL Tulsa International Airport Oklahoma92,620 [80]
PDX / KPDX Portland International Airport Oregon161,434 [81]
ABE / KABE Lehigh Valley International Airport (Allentown–Bethlehem–Easton) Pennsylvania64,668 [82]
PVD / KPVD T. F. Green Airport Rhode Island54,933 [83]
CAE / KCAE Columbia Metropolitan Airport South Carolina63,338 [84]
CHS / KCHS Charleston International Airport (Charleston Air Force Base) South Carolina97,926 [85]
GSP / KGSP Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport South Carolina49,285 [86]
MYR / KMYR Myrtle Beach International Airport South Carolina173,736 [87]
SSC / KSSC Shaw Air Force Base South Carolina91,000 [88]
BNA / KBNA Nashville International Airport Tennessee252,217 [89]
CHA / KCHA Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) Tennessee62,759 [90]
TYS / KTYS McGhee Tyson Airport (Knoxville) Tennessee115,786 [91]
ABI / KABI Abilene Regional Airport Texas49,155 [92]
AMA / KAMA Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport Texas43,595 [93]
AUS / KAUS Austin–Bergstrom International Airport Texas208,864 [94]
CRP / KCRP Corpus Christi International Airport Texas83,954 [95]
DLF / KDLF Laughlin Air Force Base Texas
DYS / KDYS Dyess Air Force Base Texas
ELP / KELP El Paso International Airport Texas
HRL / KHRL Valley International Airport (Harlingen) Texas49,534 [96]
LBB / KLBB Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport Texas75,466 [97]
MAF / KMAF Midland International Airport (Midland–Odessa) Texas58,010 [98]
SAT / KSAT San Antonio International Airport Texas165,548 [99]
BTV / KBTV Burlington International Airport Vermont64,548 [100]
ORF / KORF Norfolk International Airport Virginia47,677 [101]
RIC / KRIC Richmond International Airport Virginia58,956 [102]
ROA / KROA Roanoke Regional Airport Virginia36,211 [103]
GEG / KGEG Spokane International Airport Washington68,256 [104]
NUW / KNUW Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Washington
SKA / KSKA Fairchild Air Force Base Washington
CRW / KCRW Yeager Airport (Charleston) West Virginia23,950 [105]
GRB / KGRB Austin Straubel International Airport (Green Bay) Wisconsin38,152 [106]
MKE / KMKE Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (Milwaukee) Wisconsin91,532 [107]
MSN / KMSN Dane County Regional–Truax Field (Madison) Wisconsin73,549 [108]

United States territories

Puerto Rico

Virgin Islands

See also

References

  1. 1 2 FAA Order JO 7400.2L, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters, effective 2017-10-12 (with changes), accessed 2017-12-04
  2. 1 2 FAA order JO 7400.11B, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, effective 2017-09-15, accessed 2017-12-04
  3. Airspace Amendments to FAA Order JO 7400.11B, accessed 2017-12-04
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