Asheville Regional
AVL · KAVL · Asheville, North Carolina · Buncombe County · map
Asheville Regional is a public-use airport, 9 miles south of Asheville, North Carolina, 2,164 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 8,002 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KAVL · observed 3:54 pm EDT (19:54 UTC), 42 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south (180°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 70°F (21°C), dew point 49°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:24 pm EDT (17:24 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 4,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 4:00 am EDT (08:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility 4 miles, mist, a few clouds at 200 feet, scattered clouds at 2,900 feet MVFR
- At times between Wed 6:00 am EDT (10:00 UTC) and 9:00 am EDT (13:00 UTC): visibility 1 mile, mist, sky obscured at 200 feet LIFR
- From Wed 10:00 am EDT (14:00 UTC): wind light and variable, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAVL 061954Z 18007KT 10SM CLR 21/09 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02110094
TAF KAVL 061724Z 0618/0718 13005KT P6SM FEW040 FM070800 00000KT 4SM BR FEW002 SCT029 TEMPO 0710/0713 1SM BR VV002 FM071400 VRB02KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AVL · ICAO KAVL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 2,164 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:30 am to 11:00 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 8,002 × 150 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 17: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
- Runway 35: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 121.1 | Asheville |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 120.2 | Asheville |
| Ground | 121.9 | Asheville |
| Approach and departure · Asheville and dp · Class C airspace arriving from headings 080 to 299; Runway 17 | 124.65 | Asheville |
| Approach and departure · Asheville and dp · Class C airspace arriving from headings 300 to 079; Runway 35 | 125.8 | Asheville |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Asheville |
| Sugarloaf Mountain Center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.625 | Asheville |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 828-202-3316.
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Aircraft registered in Asheville from the FAA register
79 aircraft are registered to owners in Asheville, North Carolina: 54 piston singles, 6 drones, 4 turboprops, 4 piston twins, 4 business jets. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 9 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- When tower closed, activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 17 and 35; PAPI runways 17 and 35; high-intensity runway lightss runway 17/35 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 35 right traffic when the control tower closed.
- Flocks of migratory birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.