List of Class C airports in the United States
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]
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 typically extends from the surface area around the airport to 4,000 feet (1,220 m) AGL (above ground level), with a radius of 5 nautical miles (9 km); and an outer ring typically surrounds the inner ring and extends from a floor at 1,200 feet (370 m) AGL, to the ceiling at 4,000 feet (1,220 m) AGL, with a radius of 10 nautical miles (19 km); these dimensions are sometimes highly customized when deemed necessary by taking into account surrounding airspace design (e.g. presence of nearby Class B).
As of August 2017, 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
Alabama
- BHM / KBHM Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport
- HSV / KHSV Huntsville International Airport (Carl T. Jones Field)
- MOB / KMOB Mobile Regional Airport
Alaska
- ANC / PANC Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
Arizona
- DMA / KDMA Davis Monthan Air Force Base
- TUS / KTUS Tucson International Airport
Arkansas
- LIT / KLIT Little Rock National Airport (Adams Field)
- XNA / KXNA Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (Fayetteville/Springdale)
California
- BAB / KBAB Beale Air Force Base
- BUR / KBUR Bob Hope Airport (Burbank)
- FAT / KFAT Fresno Yosemite International Airport
- MRY / KMRY Monterey Regional Airport
- OAK / KOAK Oakland International Airport (Metropolitan Oakland)
- ONT / KONT LA/Ontario International Airport
- RIV / KRIV March Air Reserve Base (March Field)
- SBA / KSBA Santa Barbara Municipal Airport
- SJC / KSJC Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
- SMF / KSMF Sacramento International Airport
- SNA / KSNA John Wayne Airport (Orange County)
Colorado
Connecticut
- BDL / KBDL Bradley International Airport (Hartford)
Florida
- DAB / KDAB Daytona Beach International Airport
- FLL / KFLL Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
- JAX / KJAX Jacksonville International Airport
- NDZ / KNDZ Naval Air Station Whiting Field (South)
- NPA / KNPA Naval Air Station Pensacola
- NSE / KNSE Naval Air Station Whiting Field (North)
- PBI / KPBI Palm Beach International Airport
- PNS / KPNS Pensacola International Airport
- RSW / KRSW Southwest Florida International Airport (Fort Myers)
- SFB / KSFB Orlando Sanford International Airport
- SRQ / KSRQ Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport
- TLH / KTLH Tallahassee Regional Airport
Georgia
- SAV / KSAV Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport
Hawaii
- OGG / PHOG Kahului Airport (Maui)
Idaho
Illinois
- CMI / KCMI University of Illinois Willard Airport (Champaign–Urbana)
- MDW / KMDW Chicago Midway International Airport
- MLI / KMLI Quad City International Airport (Moline)
- PIA / KPIA Greater Peoria Regional Airport
- SPI / KSPI Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport (Springfield)
Indiana
- EVV / KEVV Evansville Regional Airport
- FWA / KFWA Fort Wayne International Airport
- IND / KIND Indianapolis International Airport
- SBN / KSBN South Bend Regional Airport (Michiana Regional Transportation Center/Bendix Field/St. Joseph County)
Iowa
- CID / KCID The Eastern Iowa Airport (Cedar Rapids)
- DSM / KDSM Des Moines International Airport
Kansas
Kentucky
- LEX / KLEX Blue Grass Airport (Lexington)
- SDF / KSDF Louisville International Airport (Standiford Field)
Louisiana
- BAD / KBAD Barksdale Air Force Base
- BTR / KBTR Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (Ryan Field)
- LFT / KLFT Lafayette Regional Airport
- SHV / KSHV Shreveport Regional Airport
Maine
- BGR / KBGR Bangor International Airport
- PWM / KPWM Portland International Jetport
Michigan
- FNT / KFNT Bishop International Airport (Flint)
- GRR / KGRR Gerald R. Ford International Airport (Grand Rapids)
- LAN / KLAN Capital Region International Airport (Lansing)
Mississippi
- CBM / KCBM Columbus Air Force Base
- JAN / KJAN Jackson–Evers International Airport
Missouri
- SGF / KSGF Springfield–Branson National Airport
Montana
- BIL / KBIL Billings Logan International Airport
Nebraska
- LNK / KLNK Lincoln Airport
- OFF / KOFF Offutt Air Force Base
- OMA / KOMA Eppley Airfield (Omaha)
Nevada
- RNO / KRNO Reno–Tahoe International Airport
New Hampshire
- MHT / KMHT Manchester–Boston Regional Airport
New Jersey
- ACY / KACY Atlantic City International Airport
New Mexico
- ABQ / KABQ Albuquerque International Sunport
New York
- ALB / KALB Albany International Airport
- BUF / KBUF Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- ISP / KISP Long Island MacArthur Airport (Islip)
- ROC / KROC Greater Rochester International Airport
- SYR / KSYR Syracuse Hancock International Airport
North Carolina
- AVL / KAVL Asheville Regional Airport
- FAY / KFAY Fayetteville Regional Airport (Grannis Field)
- GSO / KGSO Piedmont Triad International Airport (Greensboro)
- POB / KPOB Pope Army Airfield
- RDU / KRDU Raleigh–Durham International Airport
Ohio
- CAK / KCAK Akron–Canton Airport
- CMH / KCMH John Glenn Columbus International Airport
- DAY / KDAY James M. Cox Dayton International Airport
- TOL / KTOL Toledo Express Airport
Oklahoma
- OKC / KOKC Will Rogers World Airport (Oklahoma City)
- TIK / KTIK Tinker Air Force Base
- TUL / KTUL Tulsa International Airport
Oregon
- PDX / KPDX Portland International Airport
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
- PVD / KPVD T. F. Green Airport
South Carolina
- CAE / KCAE Columbia Metropolitan Airport
- CHS / KCHS Charleston International Airport (Charleston Air Force Base)
- GSP / KGSP Greenville–Spartanburg International Airport
- MYR / KMYR Myrtle Beach International Airport
- SSC / KSSC Shaw Air Force Base
Tennessee
- BNA / KBNA Nashville International Airport
- CHA / KCHA Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)
- TYS / KTYS McGhee Tyson Airport (Knoxville)
Texas
- ABI / KABI Abilene Regional Airport
- AMA / KAMA Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
- AUS / KAUS Austin–Bergstrom International Airport
- CRP / KCRP Corpus Christi International Airport
- DLF / KDLF Laughlin Air Force Base
- DYS / KDYS Dyess Air Force Base
- ELP / KELP El Paso International Airport
- HRL / KHRL Valley International Airport (Harlingen)
- LBB / KLBB Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport
- MAF / KMAF Midland International Airport (Midland–Odessa)
- SAT / KSAT San Antonio International Airport
Vermont
- BTV / KBTV Burlington International Airport
Virginia
- ORF / KORF Norfolk International Airport
- RIC / KRIC Richmond International Airport
- ROA / KROA Roanoke Regional Airport
Washington
- GEG / KGEG Spokane International Airport
- NUW / KNUW Naval Air Station Whidbey Island
- SKA / KSKA Fairchild Air Force Base
West Virginia
- CRW / KCRW Yeager Airport (Charleston)
Wisconsin
- GRB / KGRB Austin Straubel International Airport (Green Bay)
- MKE / KMKE Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (Milwaukee)
- MSN / KMSN Dane County Regional–Truax Field (Madison)
United States territories
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
References
- FAA Order JO 7400.2L, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters, effective 2017-10-12 (with changes), accessed 2017-12-04
- FAA order JO 7400.11B, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, effective 2017-09-15, accessed 2017-12-04
- Airspace Amendments to FAA Order JO 7400.11B, accessed 2017-12-04
- There is also a piece of Vancouver Class C located within United States airspace, but it is not associated with any US Class C airport, and so it is not relevant to this list.