Facilities and Aircraft
Theodore Francis Green State Airport covers an area of 1,111 acres (450 ha) at an elevation of 55 feet (17 m) above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 5/23 is 7,166 by 150 feet (2,184 x 46 m) and 16/34 is 6,081 by 150 feet (1,853 x 46 m). ILS is available for runways 5, 23, and 34, with runway 5 being certified for CAT III Instrument Landing operations. The other runways with ILS are certified for CAT I Instrument Landing operations. Taxiway Victor served as Runway 5L/23R until 2003.
The airport's terminal, named for former Rhode Island governor Bruce Sundlun, has two concourses, North and South. The South Concourse has eight gates, and the North Concourse has 14 gates. Gate 7A is designed for international arrivals for use by Air Canada flights; it is directly connected to customs, which is on the lower level of the concourse. The terminal contains a number of stores and restaurants, and a central food court.
T.F. Green is mostly served by regional aircraft such as CRJ's and ERJ's, as well as smaller mainline aircraft such as Boeing 737's and MD-88's. Currently the largest scheduled aircraft servicing the airport is an US Airways Airbus A321-200 or Boeing 757-200 for one of its five daily flights to Charlotte, North Carolina, depending on the season. Delta Air Lines charters a Boeing 767-300 during the football season for the New England Patriots. Previous other mainline service included American Airlines servicing Chicago O'Hare and Dallas-Fort Worth Airport until 2008, currently the Providence Metropolitan Area is the largest MSA in the United States not served by American Airlines or any of its subsidiaries. During 2008, SATA International operated flights to the Azores using an A310-300.
T.F. Green is also visited daily by a Boeing 757 flown with FedEx, a new addition to the FedEx fleet. FedEx used to operate a Boeing 727 out of TF Green and with fewer than 75 Boeing 727's remaining in the fleet, FedEx is one of the few air carriers still flying this aircraft.
Currently, the farthest mainline service by an aircraft is a Boeing 737 by Southwest Airlines daily flight to Las Vegas, previously this aircraft and airline serviced the longest domestic route from the airport to Phoenix, Arizona. The service to Phoenix was terminated in 2011.
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