During the 1990s, the airlines serving Little Rock National handled a total of 23.3 million passengers.
The airlines and air freight carriers which serve Little Rock handled a total of 19 million pounds of freight and 14 million pounds of mail during 2001.
Counting an average of two pieces of luggage per passenger, the airlines handled about 5 million pieces of luggage last year.
The newest aircraft to enter the commercial airline fleet, the Regional Jet, is now very much in evidence at Little Rock National. Currently, American Eagle, Comair, Continental Express, Northwest Airlink and USAirways Express operate the RJ into and out of Little Rock.
Non-stop jet service is offered to a number of national/international gateway cities, including Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Memphis, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and St. Louis.
More than $170 million in capital improvements were made at the airport during the 1990s.
The airport designator for Little Rock National Airport/Adams Field is LIT.
There are three runways at the airport. Two of them are primarily for use by airline traffic. They are 4-Left/22-Right (8,273 feet in length); 4-Right/22-Left (7,200 feet in length), and Runway 18-36 (5,124 feet in length) which is used primarily by smaller, privately owned aircraft. More than $35 million has been spent upgrading Runways 4-Left/22-Right and 18-36. All three runways are now constructed of stronger, longer-lasting concrete.
A Category III instrument landing system allows continued safe operation of Runway 4-Left/22-Right in period of inclement weather, particularly dense fog. This translates into fewer delays and canceled flights.
The airport traffic control operation at Little Rock National is housed in a new state-of-the-art ATC Tower located just off Grundfest Drive. The tower is as tall as a 12-story building. In 2001, controllers handled more than 148,000 takeoffs and landings.
The airlines purchased 11.6 million gallons of jet fuel at Little Rock. Other aircraft using the airport purchased a combined total of 6 million gallons of gasoline and jet fuel.
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