The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released its\nannual list of all commercial service airports in the country, ranked by\nnumbers of passenger enplanements. For the first time, Asheville Regional\nAirport (AVL) ranked as the third busiest airport in North Carolina, behind\nCharlotte Douglas International Airport (busiest) and Raleigh Durham\nInternational Airport (second busiest). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
AVL has fully recovered from the pandemic and has surpassed\nformer utilization records nearly every month this year. So far this year,\npassenger numbers are more than 10% ahead of the same period in 2019, the\nairport\u2019s record year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have never seen such high numbers at AVL,\u201d said Lew\nBleiweis, A.A.E., President and CEO of the Greater Asheville Regional Airport\nAuthority. \u201cThe growth is phenomenal, and it is continuing. If passengers\ncontinue to fly to and from AVL at the pace we\u2019ve been experiencing, 2022 will\nbe the biggest year in our history.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00ef\u00bb\u00bfThe FAA ranks the commercial service airports in the\ncountry each year according to passenger utilization. Asheville Regional\nAirport is ranked 104 on the list of 478 commercial service airports in the\nU.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The growth at AVL can be attributed to three key factors.\nFirst, airlines have continued to make significant investment in the western\nNorth Carolina market by adding new routes, seat capacity and by new airlines\nentering the market. Second, the region continues to grow \u2013 with increases in\nlocal business and leisure travel, as well as a tourism destination that draws\nvisitors from around the globe. And third, the strength of the economy is\ncontributing to the growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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