| Anniston Regional Airport | |
| Iata: | ANB |
| Icao: | KANB |
| Faa: | ANB |
| Type: | Public |
| Owner: | City of Anniston |
| City-Served: | Anniston, Alabama |
| Elevation-F: | 612 |
| Website: | www.annistonal.gov/airport/ |
| Coordinates: | 33.5881°N -85.8581°W |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Alabama#USA |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 150 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of airport in Alabama |
| Pushpin Label: | ANB |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| R1-Number: | 5/23 |
| R1-Length-F: | 7,000 |
| R1-Surface: | Asphalt |
| Stat-Year: | 2017 |
| Stat1-Header: | Aircraft operations (2015) |
| Stat1-Data: | 23,107 |
| Stat2-Header: | Based aircraft |
| Stat2-Data: | 27 |
| Footnotes: | Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Anniston Regional Airport, formerly known as Anniston Metropolitan Airport, is a city-owned public-use airport located five nautical miles (6 mi, 9 km) southwest of the central business district of Anniston, a city in Calhoun County, Alabama, United States. It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation airport.[2]
Anniston Regional Airport covers an area of 596 acres (241 ha) at an elevation of 612 feet (187 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 5/23 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,000 by 150 feet (2,134 x 46 m).
For the 12-month period ending April 30, 2012, the airport had 33,644 aircraft operations, an average of 92 per day: 71% general aviation, 15% military, 14% air taxi, and <1% scheduled commercial. At that time there were 32 aircraft based at this airport: 50% single-engine, 31% multi-engine, 6% jet, 6% glider, and 6% ultralight.
Anniston Metropolitan Airport was the intended destination of GP Express Flight 861, which crashed about 7.5miles northeast of the airport on June 8, 1992.