Fayetteville Regional Airport

Fayetteville Regional Airport (IATA: FAY, ICAO: KFAY, FAA LID: FAY), also known as Grannis Field, is a public use airport in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is owned by the city of Fayetteville and located three nautical miles (6 km) south of its central business district.

The airport has two runways and is served by two terminals for commercial aviation and one separate terminal for general aviation traffic. The commercial terminal building was designed by Fayetteville architect Mason S. Hicks, a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Fayetteville Regional Airport has been served in the past by Piedmont Airlines, now a part of US Airways, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, now a part of Delta Air Lines, and American Eagle, a subsidiary of AMR Corporation and commuter service airline for American Airlines. Fayetteville Regional Airport was briefly served by Allegiant Air with service to Orlando, but the service was discontinued.

Currently, Fayetteville Regional Airport is served by Delta Connection carrier ExpressJet and US Airways Express. US Airways Express offers direct flights to Charlotte/Douglas International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport with seasonal holiday service in November and December to Philadelphia International Airport. Delta and Delta Connection offer direct service to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

As per Federal Aviation Administration records, the airport had 202,597 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 231,002 enplanements in 2009, and 258,986 in 2010. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a primary commercial service airport (more than 10,000 enplanements per year).

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