Lovell Field
CHA · KCHA · Chattanooga, Tennessee · Hamilton County · map
Lovell Field is a public-use airport, 5 miles east of Chattanooga, Tennessee, 682 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 02/20, is 7,400 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 100 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The receiver network heard 47 different aircraft arrive or depart here in the last seven days. The FAA counts about 87,859 takeoffs and landings a year. About 533,349 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Lovell Field?
Its FAA code is CHA, and its ICAO code is KCHA.
Where is Lovell Field?
It is 5 miles east of Chattanooga, Tennessee, 682 feet above sea level.
How long is the longest runway at Lovell Field?
The longest of its 2 runways, 02/20, is 7,400 feet long.
Does Lovell Field have a control tower?
Yes, it has a control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lovell Field?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A.
Where can you fly nonstop from Lovell Field?
Airline flights go to 8 airports, the busiest of them Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International, Charlotte/Douglas International, Chicago O'Hare International, Dallas-Fort Worth International, Detroit Metro Wayne County. Every route
Are there flight schools at Lovell Field?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Moccasin Flying Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lovell Field?
7 pilot examiners and 9 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Lovell Field…
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA CHA · ICAO KCHA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 682 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · 6:00 am to 11:50 pm
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1937
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 7,400 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 5,575 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), 7,100 ft available for landing
- Runway 20: ILS, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), rr 28 ft high 850 ft from the end
- Runway 15: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 106 ft, 5,470 ft available for landing, trees 3 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 575 ft, 5,000 ft available for landing, trees 44 ft high 1,000 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 118.3 | Chattanooga |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) · Cha and automated weather (ASOS) | 119.85 | Chattanooga |
| Clearance delivery | 120.25 | |
| Clearance delivery | 120.95 | Chattanooga |
| Ground | 121.7 | Chattanooga |
| Approach and departure | 119.2 | |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace | 125.1 | Chattanooga |
| Approach (secondary) | 126.5 | Chattanooga |
| Emergency | 121.5 | Chattanooga |
| Chattanooga and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.05 | Chattanooga |
| Ng and operations | 149.8 | Chattanooga |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 423-668-0530.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Collegedale Municipal (9 nm east), Marion County/Brown Field (19 nm west), Cleveland Regional Jetport (23 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Tennessee · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Index C available.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 02; tdzl runway 20; centerline lights runway 02/20; high-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 unavailable when the control tower closed.
- Approach slope 25:1 to displaced threshold.
- Approach slope 25:1 to displaced threshold.
- Transient aircraft avoid scty zone WI 300 feet of terminal building.
- Birds in the vicinity of airport.
- Hold short instr read back required.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 11,561 departures from CHA in those twelve months, carrying 665,133 passengers in 846,667 seats (79% filled), to 84 destinations (3 abroad) on 27 airlines.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovell Field → Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International CHA–ATL | 2,957 | 235,384 | Endeavor Air Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc. and 5 more |
| Lovell Field → Charlotte/Douglas International CHA–CLT | 2,502 | 99,004 | Piedmont Airlines, SkyWest Airlines Inc., PSA Airlines Inc. and 2 more |
| Lovell Field → Chicago O'Hare International CHA–ORD | 1,739 | 72,915 | GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a..., SkyWest Airlines Inc., Republic Airline and 2 more |
| Lovell Field → Dallas-Fort Worth International CHA–DFW | 1,543 | 101,371 | PSA Airlines Inc., Envoy Air, American Airlines Inc. and 1 more |
| Lovell Field → Detroit Metro Wayne County CHA–DTW | 612 | 34,389 | Endeavor Air Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc. |
| Lovell Field → Laguardia CHA–LGA | 517 | 25,981 | Endeavor Air Inc. |
| Lovell Field → Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl CHA–DCA | 294 | 11,661 | PSA Airlines Inc., Republic Airline, Envoy Air |
| Lovell Field → Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis CHA–MEM | 253 | 101 | Federal Express Corporation, American Airlines Inc. |
All 84 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 44 |
| multi-engine | 9 |
| jets | 45 |
| helicopters | 2 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 87,859, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 11,435 |
| air taxi and commuter | 12,272 |
| general aviation, travelling | 40,572 |
| general aviation, local | 19,946 |
| military | 3,634 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Chattanooga from the FAA register
132 aircraft are registered to owners in Chattanooga, Tennessee: 72 piston singles, 33 business jets, 8 piston twins, 7 turboprops, 5 drones. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Tennessee.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Moccasin Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Chattanooga Moccasin Flying Club is a non-profit social flying club based at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (KCHA) in Tennessee.
Charter operators and airlines based in Chattanooga:
- Crystal Air, Inc. 6 aircraft on the certificate Crystal Air is a family-owned aviation company based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, offering flight training, private charter flights, aircraft maintenance, and aircraft management services.
Repair stations in Chattanooga:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
7 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 5 for commercial and instrument, 2 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 5 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 9 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 1 engineering representative.
- Bruce Richard Whittemore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Wilson Air · Chattanooga, TN (0 nm) · (956) 286-5596 · [email protected]
- Anthony Walker private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Collegedale Municipal Airport FGU · Collegedale, TN (9 nm) · (423) 364-4669 · [email protected]
- Thomas A Troyer type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency · Chickamauga, GA (18 nm) · (201) 213-9367 · [email protected]
- John W Scruggs private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Dalton Muni Airport · Dalton, GA (25 nm) · (404) 408-1129 · [email protected]
- Jason Shane Odom private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Dayton, TN (30 nm) · (423) 618-2491 · [email protected]
- Sarah Diane Arnold private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · Benton, TN (32 nm) · (423) 506-9015 · [email protected]
- Catherine Elizabeth Cavagnaro private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Sewanee, TN (36 nm) · (931) 636-8678 · [email protected]
All 19 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 2 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Chattanooga 132 aircraft · 72 piston singles, 33 business jets, 8 piston twins
- Tennessee Valley Authority 4 aircraft in town
- Warbirds 1 LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Sf50 Aero LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Vision X LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Crystal Air, Inc. 6 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Moccasin Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- Chattanooga Aero Service INC · repair station
- West Star Aviation, LLC · repair station
- Hartsfield/Jackson Atlanta International (ATL) 2,957 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Charlotte/Douglas International (CLT) 2,502 flights in twelve months · Piedmont Airlines, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) 1,739 flights in twelve months · GoJet Airlines LLC d/b/a United Express, SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) 1,543 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., Envoy Air
- Detroit Metro Wayne County (DTW) 612 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc., SkyWest Airlines Inc.
- Laguardia (LGA) 517 flights in twelve months · Endeavor Air Inc.
- Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl (DCA) 294 flights in twelve months · PSA Airlines Inc., Republic Airline
- Frederick W Smith Intl/Memphis (MEM) 253 flights in twelve months · Federal Express Corporation, American Airlines Inc.
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 19 since 1982 · 2 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in Tennessee 1,196 since 1982 · 229 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Tennessee 76 landing places
- Tennessee 6,518 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/CHA.json.
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 23, 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.