Airports

KCHA LOVELL FLD

Chattanooga, TN · FAA identifier CHA · Accident history (NTSB)

Elevation
683 ft
Tower
Towered
Hrs (local): 0600-2350
Use
Public
Position
35°02′06.7″N
085°12′12.8″W
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Conditions

METAR 15 minutes ago
METAR KCHA 120953Z AUTO 22004KT 10SM CLR 14/12 A2975 RMK AO2 SLP071 T01390122 $
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 220° at 4 kt
   Visibility: 10 sm
Temp/Dewpoint: 14°C / 12°C
    Altimeter: 29.75" Hg
          Sky: --- ft - CLR
  Density Alt: 884 ft
TAF 4h 34m ago
Prevailing 1206Z-1306Z NOW
KCHA 120534Z 1206/1306 24006KT P6SM VCTS SCT035CB BKN040 OVC050 WS020/27035KT
     Category: VFR
         Wind: WS020/27035KT
   Visibility: more than 6 sm
      Weather: KCHA 120534Z VCTS
          Sky: 3,500 ft - SCT
               4,000 ft - BKN
               5,000 ft - OVC
TEMPO 1206Z-1207Z NOW
TEMPO 4SM -SHRA BKN025 OVC035
     Category: MVFR
   Visibility: 4 sm
      Weather: -SHRA
          Sky: 2,500 ft - BKN
               3,500 ft - OVC
FM 120700Z NOW
FM120700 25005KT P6SM SCT030
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 250° at 5 kt
   Visibility: more than 6 sm
          Sky: 3,000 ft - SCT
FM 121300Z IN 2h 51m
FM121300 32010G16KT P6SM SCT025 BKN035
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 320° at 10 kt gust 16 kt
   Visibility: more than 6 sm
          Sky: 2,500 ft - SCT
               3,500 ft - BKN
FM 121800Z IN 7h 51m
FM121800 32012G18KT P6SM SCT050
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 320° at 12 kt gust 18 kt
   Visibility: more than 6 sm
          Sky: 5,000 ft - SCT
FM 122300Z IN 12h 51m
FM122300 32006KT P6SM SCT250
     Category: VFR
         Wind: 320° at 6 kt
   Visibility: more than 6 sm
          Sky: 25,000 ft - SCT

Runways

02/20 7,400 x 150 - ASPH-G
02
4 kt tail, 2 kt cross from left
20
4 kt head, 2 kt cross from right
15/33 5,575 x 150 - ASPH-G
15
1 kt head, 4 kt cross from right
33
1 kt tail, 4 kt cross from left
02201533N ↑

Frequencies

TOWER 118.3
TOWER 257.8
GND 121.7
GND 348.6
CTAF 118.300
UNICOM 122.950
ASOS 119.85
ATIS 119.85
CLEARANCE 120.95
CLEARANCE 348.6
All frequencies (22)
UseFrequencySectorHours
TOWER 118.3 0600-2350
TOWER 257.8 0600-2350
GND 121.7
GND 348.6
CTAF 118.300
UNICOM 122.950
ASOS 119.85
ATIS 119.85
CLEARANCE 120.95
CLEARANCE 348.6
APCH (Secondary) 126.5
APCH DEP 125.1
APCH DEP 379.1
ATLANTA CENTER 132.05
ATLANTA CENTER 354.025
CLASS C 125.1
CLASS C 379.1
EMERG 121.5
EMERG 243.0
NG OPS 149.8
NG OPS 373.9
NG OPS 41.5FM

Procedures and charts

Charts open from the FAA's digital Terminal Procedures Publication, cycle 2612, effective 11/26/2026 12:00:00 AM to 12/24/2026 12:00:00 AM. Not for navigation; check the cycle before flight.

NOTAMs

Not for operational use

NOTAMs as captured by CircumFlight from the FAA's NOTAM distribution; not FAA data, and not necessarily complete or current. Always get an official briefing before flight.

PLAIN-LANGUAGE READING - BEST EFFORT. Abbreviations are expanded automatically and may be wrong or incomplete. The raw NOTAM above is the official text; fly by it, not by this.

RUNWAYS (4)
RWY 02 LEAD OFF CL MARKINGS AT TWY D OBSC
EFF 281916Z - 312359Z
EXP IN 49d 13h
Runway 02 LEAD OFF centerline MARKINGS AT Taxiway D OBSC
RWY 02/20 CL MARKINGS OBSC
EFF 241437Z - 312359Z
EXP IN 200d 13h
Runway 02/20 centerline MARKINGS OBSC
RWY 20 LEAD OFF CL MARKINGS AT TWY F OBSC
EFF 281916Z - 312359Z
EXP IN 49d 13h
Runway 20 LEAD OFF centerline MARKINGS AT Taxiway F OBSC
RWY 20 LEAD OFF CL MARKINGS AT TWY G OBSC
EFF 281916Z - 312359Z
EXP IN 49d 13h
Runway 20 LEAD OFF centerline MARKINGS AT Taxiway G OBSC
TAXIWAYS (3)
TWY A EDGE MARKINGS BTN APCH END RWY 02 AND TWY G EAST SIDE NOT MARKED 60FT
EFF 281947Z - 312359Z
EXP IN 49d 13h
Taxiway A EDGE MARKINGS between approach END Runway 02 AND Taxiway G EAST SIDE NOT marked 60FT
TWY C BTN TWY D AND RWY 15/33 CLSD LGTD AND BARRICADED
EFF 271740Z - 202359Z
EXP IN 8d 13h
Taxiway C between Taxiway D AND Runway 15/33 CLOSED lighted AND BARRICADED
TWY D BTN FIXED BASE OPR EAST RAMP AND TERMINAL RAMP CLSD EXC GA
EFF 271740Z - 202359Z
EXP IN 8d 13h
Taxiway D between FIXED BASE operating EAST Ramp AND terminal Ramp CLOSED except GA
TOWER LIGHTS (3)
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1037142) 351633.30N0851105.90W (14.5NM NE CHA) 1980.0FT (379.9FT AGL) U/S
EFF 040640Z - 190540Z
EXP IN 6d 19h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1037142) 351633.30N0851105.90W (14.5NM NE CHA) 1980.0FT (379.9FT AGL) unserviceable
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1042155) 350733.50N0851724.80W (6.9NM NW CHA) 1518.0FT (575.1FT AGL) U/S
EFF 290359Z - 280459Z
EXP IN 45d 18h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1042155) 350733.50N0851724.80W (6.9NM NW CHA) 1518.0FT (575.1FT AGL) unserviceable
OBST TOWER LGT (ASR 1043397) 350514.50N0852149.70W (8.4NM WNW CHA) 1987.2FT (260.2FT AGL) U/S
EFF 300818Z - 290918Z
EXP IN 46d 23h
Obstacle tower light (ASR 1043397) 350514.50N0852149.70W (8.4NM WNW CHA) 1987.2FT (260.2FT AGL) unserviceable
NAV & PROCEDURES (2)
NAV ILS RWY 02 OM U/S
EFF 231601Z - 312359Z
EXP IN 49d 13h
Navigation ILS Runway 02 OM unserviceable
NAV ILS RWY 02 OM U/S
EFF 231601Z - 010459Z
EXP IN 49d 18h
Navigation ILS Runway 02 OM unserviceable

Release queue

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Recently released

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Release times (the slot at the departure fix) and delay causes from traffic management, derived by CircumFlight, as of 1007Z; not FAA data and not for operational use. Get your release from ATC. Aircraft whose owners have asked the FAA to limit the display of their flights are not shown.

Arrivals and departures

Arrivals

No inbound flights in the current picture.

Departures
FlightTypeToNow
PDT5945 E145 KCLT Not yet cleared

Flights seen in the last five minutes, as of 1008Z. A departure at a gate has its departure clearance and has not yet moved; a place marked (est.) is the nearest stand to the aircraft's last surface position. Derived by CircumFlight from air traffic management feeds; not FAA data and not for operational use. Times are estimates from distance and ground speed. Aircraft whose owners have asked the FAA to limit the display of their flights are not shown.

Statistics

Grants

Awarded FY2010–FY2025
$96.9M
$96,895,312 in 34 grants
AIP share
66%
$64.3M AIP · $12.2M relief · $20.4M infrastructure law
Rank, United States
0.12% of all awards FY2010–FY2025
Rank, TN
7.3% of the state's airport awards
Per tower operation
$87.4M over 977,634 ops in 15 award years
$0$6.3M$12.5M$18.8M$25.0M'10FY2010: $3,683,814'11FY2011: $8,846,871'12FY2012: $7,316,478'13FY2013: $180,608'14FY2014: $4,635,458'15FY2015: $2,597,670'16FY2016: $2,631,600'17FY2017: $4,525,493'18FY2018: $4,660,900'19FY2019: $2,439,132'20FY2020: $1,359,406FY2020: $1,359,406'21FY2021: $22,899,525FY2021: $22,899,525'22FY2022: $5,473,875FY2022: $5,473,875'23FY2023: $5,449,813FY2023: $5,449,813'24FY2024: $10,677,234FY2024: $10,677,234'25FY2025: $9,517,435FY2025: $9,517,435
AIP Pandemic relief, ARRA Infrastructure law (AIG, ATRM, FCT)
By fiscal yeartower operations are calendar years
FYGrantsAwardedAIPOther programs Tower ops$ / opUS $ / op Share of US
2010 3 $3,683,814 $3,683,814 — 54,953 $67.04 $51.72 0.11%
2011 2 $8,846,871 $8,846,871 — 53,341 $165.85 $55.49 0.26%
2012 4 $7,316,478 $7,316,478 — 58,038 $126.06 $53.60 0.22%
2013 1 $180,608 $180,608 — 54,424 $3.32 $50.51 0.01%
2014 1 $4,635,458 $4,635,458 — 51,017 $90.86 $57.58 0.14%
2015 1 $2,597,670 $2,597,670 — 51,386 $50.55 $52.92 0.08%
2016 2 $2,631,600 $2,631,600 — 58,842 $44.72 $52.74 0.08%
2017 2 $4,525,493 $4,525,493 — 59,875 $75.58 $55.49 0.14%
2018 2 $4,660,900 $4,660,900 — 61,412 $75.90 $60.64 0.13%
2019 1 $2,439,132 $2,439,132 — 66,999 $36.41 $58.29 0.07%
2020 1 $1,359,406 $1,223,466 $135,940 58,921 $23.07 $102.15 0.03%
2021 4 $22,899,525 $11,327,211 $11,572,314 82,929 $276.13 $193.37 0.22%
2022 2 $5,473,875 $0 $5,473,875 88,746 $61.68 $136.54 0.07%
2023 2 $5,449,813 $1,723,015 $3,726,798 90,141 $60.46 $129.46 0.08%
2024 3 $10,677,234 $3,049,166 $7,628,068 86,610 $123.28 $114.61 0.16%
2025 3 $9,517,435 $5,485,470 $4,031,965 — — — 0.11%

Other programs: pandemic relief (CARES, CRRSA, ARPA), the infrastructure law (AIG, ATRM, FCT) and ARRA. US $ / op is that fiscal year's awards to towered fields divided by those fields' operations, so it compares like with like; Share of US is this field's awards against every award in the FAA's report for the year. A year without counts has no tower figures.

Weighted comparison (CircumFlight's own estimate)

An airline operation and a light-aircraft operation are not the same use of an airport, so this view weights itinerant operations before dividing: air carrier 32, air taxi and military 4, general aviation 1, roughly in proportion to fuel burned, and so to the fuel and ticket taxes that fund the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. The weights are CircumFlight's, not the FAA's; local (pattern) operations are left out. The US column uses the same weights over every towered field with an award that year.

FYAir carrierAir taxi + mil.General aviationUnits$ / unitUS $ / unit
2010 1,321 22,858 24,535 158,239 $23.28 $4.92
2011 1,209 22,185 22,885 150,313 $58.86 $5.15
2012 1,890 23,639 25,686 180,722 $40.48 $5.09
2013 1,728 21,871 24,913 167,693 $1.08 $4.56
2014 2,408 20,997 22,984 184,028 $25.19 $5.04
2015 3,657 20,138 23,166 220,742 $11.77 $4.33
2016 5,193 21,394 25,834 277,586 $9.48 $4.31
2017 5,664 21,828 25,712 294,272 $15.38 $4.47
2018 7,329 21,158 25,648 344,808 $13.52 $4.76
2019 9,979 20,648 26,738 428,658 $5.69 $4.50
2020 6,504 15,174 24,092 292,916 $4.64 $9.32
2021 9,091 21,050 30,931 406,043 $56.40 $18.37
2022 7,945 21,108 37,828 376,500 $14.54 $11.81
2023 10,545 15,868 39,824 440,736 $12.37 $10.65
2024 12,609 14,525 40,401 501,989 $21.27 $9.06
All 87,072 304,441 421,177 4,425,245 $19.75 —
By categorywhat the money was for
CategoryGrantsAwardedShare
Aprons 10 $26,736,823 28%
Terminals 4 $19,507,940 20%
Taxiways 7 $18,028,757 19%
Pandemic relief 4 $10,405,474 11%
Snow removal and equipment 3 $6,259,166 6.5%
Buildings, roads and utilities 2 $6,068,745 6.3%
Land and easements 1 $4,722,789 4.9%
Runways 2 $4,221,236 4.4%
Planning and environmental 1 $944,382 0.97%

Categories are read from the FAA's project wording by CircumFlight's rules (noise mitigation first, then the pandemic programs, terminals, runways, taxiways, aprons, lighting and navaids, safety and security, snow removal and equipment, land, planning, buildings and roads). A grant that lists several projects is counted under its largest line item here and shown under it below; a line item with several projects takes the first one named.

Awardsnewest first · click a heading to sort · Sponsor: Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority
FY Grant Category Amount Work
2025 3-47-0009-083-2025
2025-07-22
Aprons $5,485,470 Reconstruct Apron
2025 3-47-0009-084-2025
2025-07-08
Aprons $2,526,100 Expand Apron, Reconstruct Apron
2025 3-47-0009-085-2025
2025-07-08
Snow removal and equipment $1,505,865 Construct/Expand Snow Removal Equipment Building
2024 3-47-0009-079-2024
2024-04-05
Taxiways $2,414,512 Construct Apron, Construct Taxilane
2024 3-47-0009-080-2024
2024-08-13
Taxiways $5,213,556 Construct Airport Drainage/Erosion Control, Construct Apron, Construct Taxilane, Install Airfield Guidance Signage, Install Taxiway Lighting, Reconstruct Perimeter Security Fencing, Rehabilitate Apron, Rehabilitate Taxiway, Rehabilitate Taxiway Lighting
2024 3-47-0009-081-2024
2024-08-13
Runways $3,049,166 Construct Apron, Expand Apron, Reconstruct Apron, Rehabilitate Runway
2023 3-47-0009-077-2023
2023-08-22
Taxiways $1,723,015 Construct Taxiway, Install Airfield Guidance Signs, Install Taxiway Lighting
2023 3-47-0009-078-2023
2023-09-10
Taxiways $3,726,798 Construct Apron, Construct Taxilane
2022 3-47-0009-075-2022
2021-12-15
Pandemic relief $473,875 Large Concessions
2022 3-47-0009-076-2022
2022-08-25
Terminals $5,000,000 Expand Terminal Building
2021 3-47-0009-071-2021
2021-05-20
Terminals $12,967,926
$11.3M AIP
Expand Terminal Building
2021 3-47-0009-072-2021
2021-03-29
Pandemic relief $3,637,793 CRRSA Act Funds
2021 3-47-0009-073-2021
2021-03-30
Pandemic relief $118,469 CRRSA Act Concessions
2021 3-47-0009-074-2021
2021-08-20
Pandemic relief $6,175,337 General ARPA
2020 seq. 70 Terminals $1,359,406
$1.2M AIP
Expand Terminal Building
2019 3-47-0009-068-2019 Taxiways $2,439,132 Construct Taxiway
2018 seq. 066 Aprons $2,976,698 Rehabilitate Apron - North Apron
2018 seq. 067 Snow removal and equipment $1,684,202 Energy Efficiency Equipment/Infrastructure - Phase 3 Solar Farm
2017 seq. 64 Planning and environmental $944,382 Update Airport Master Plan Study
2017 seq. 65 Aprons $3,581,111 Rehabilitate Apron
2016 seq. 62 Aprons $2,083,438 Rehabilitate Apron
2016 seq. 63 Aprons $548,162 Rehabilitate Apron
2015 seq. 61 Aprons $2,597,670 Rehabilitate Apron
2014 seq. 60 Aprons $4,635,458 Rehabilitate Apron [Construction], Rehabilitate Apron [Design & Construction]
2013 seq. 59 Terminals $180,608 Rehabilitate Apron [Terminal Apron - Phase 1 - Design]
2012 seq. 55 Aprons $300,096 Rehabilitate Apron [Phase 1 Design]
2012 seq. 56 Aprons $2,002,620 Rehabilitate Apron [Phase 1 Construction]
2012 seq. 57 Buildings, roads and utilities $1,944,663 VALE Infrastructure [Gate electrification and preconditioned air under the VALE program.]
2012 seq. 58 Snow removal and equipment $3,069,099 Energy Efficiency Equipment/Infrastructure [Phase 2 - One MW Solar Farm]
2011 seq. 53 Buildings, roads and utilities $4,124,082 VALE Infrastructure [Phase 1 - Construct a 1 megawatt solar farm]
2011 seq. 54 Land and easements $4,722,789 Acquire Land For Approaches
2010 seq. 50 Runways $1,172,070 Construct Taxiway [Part A funding for design and four TW H tie-ins to runways.]
2010 seq. 51 Taxiways $773,566 Construct Taxiway [FY 2010 Part B,C Funding]
2010 seq. 52 Taxiways $1,738,178 Construct Taxiway [Part D + Discretionary]

From the FAA's Airport Improvement Program grant history reports, FY2010–FY2025 (federal fiscal years, October to September), as the FAA published them. Every program in those reports is counted: from FY2020 they include CARES, CRRSA and ARPA relief, and from FY2021 the infrastructure law's AIG, terminal (ATRM) and contract tower (FCT) grants, so a total here is not AIP alone; the AIP share is shown separately. Tower operations are the FAA's ATADS counts for towered fields, calendar years 2010 to 2024; a field without a tower has no counts, and a year's dollars per operation divide a fiscal year's awards by the same-numbered calendar year's count. Grants to state block programs, system plans and proposed airports carry no airport identifier and are not shown on airport pages. Ranks count airports with at least one award in these years. Figures are as published and may be revised by the FAA; this is not FAA analysis. Sources: FAA AIP grant histories, FAA ATADS airport operations. What a sponsor agrees to in accepting a grant: FAA grant assurances.

Nearby airports

AirportNameDistanceBearingConditionsWind
KFGU COLLEGEDALE MUNI 9.0 nm 086° E —
KAPT MARION COUNTY/BROWN FLD 18.8 nm 275° W —
9A5 BARWICK LAFAYETTE 21.3 nm 192° S —
KRZR CLEVELAND RGNL JETPORT 22.5 nm 062° NE LIFR 220° 7 kt
KDNN DALTON MUNI 24.9 nm 139° SE LIFR Calm
2A0 MARK ANTON 30.2 nm 026° NE —
7A6 STEVENSON 30.8 nm 253° W —
92A CHILHOWEE 32.5 nm 069° E —
KUOS FRANKLIN COUNTY 35.6 nm 287° W —
KCZL TOM B DAVID FLD 37.2 nm 159° S VFR 230° 4 kt
KMMI MCMINN COUNTY 38.3 nm 055° NE MVFR 240° 4 kt
Private-use fields nearby (25)
74TN HOG LOT LANDING 6.3 nm 356° N —
1AA0 DALLAS BAY SKY PARK 9.3 nm 008° N —
GA03 WILSON 9.9 nm 179° S —
GA77 TWIN FORKS 10.1 nm 193° S —
86GA FLYING G RANCH 12.3 nm 145° SE —
0GE3 LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN 14.9 nm 238° SW —
3GA3 WARREN FLD 15.2 nm 230° SW —
GA72 PRATERMILL FLIGHT PARK 18.0 nm 121° SE —
TN89 POSSUM BOTTOM 18.1 nm 318° NW —
96TN MT BAKEWELL AIRFIELD 20.0 nm 006° N —
3TN4 DUNLAP AIRPARK 21.0 nm 330° NW —
TN50 INDIAN HILL FARM 22.1 nm 263° W —
55GE ROSTEX 23.0 nm 098° E —
4TN1 HAPPY LANDINGS 23.4 nm 030° NE —
4GA4 R M HARRIS 24.8 nm 117° SE —
TN45 MAGIC VALLEY 25.6 nm 348° N —
GE05 GIBSON FLD 26.1 nm 195° S —
GE11 HOGJOWL 28.8 nm 206° SW —
GA23 WYATT 28.8 nm 198° S —
4AL7 LEON'S LANDING 29.6 nm 234° SW —
47GE FLYLANDER FARM 33.6 nm 189° S —
AL09 CLOUDMONT AIRPARK 35.3 nm 213° SW —
7TN1 KRASHINSKY AIRFIELD 36.2 nm 298° NW —
88TN PINEY CREEK 36.8 nm 309° NW —
TN85 HOGUE 37.0 nm 346° N —

Distances are great-circle from the airport reference point; bearings and winds are true. Conditions are each field's own METAR from the last two hours; a dash means it has none.