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CHA Meaning

CHA Airport Meaning

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CHA Meaning:

CHA stands for Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)


Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, CHA (Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)) is classified as a nonhub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of CHA's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) (CHA) Characteristics:

      City: Chattanooga
      State: Tennessee
      FAA: Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field)
      IATA: CHA
      ICAO: KCHA
      Role: P-N

The city and state are where the airport is located, although an airport is sometimes outside of the boundaries city in which it's listed.

The "FAA" refers to the airport's location identifier, which is assigned by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration).

The "IATA" refers to the airport code, which is assigned by the IATA (International Air Transport Association). Airports usually share the same FAA and IATA, though some do not.

The "ICAO" refers to the airport's location indicator, which assigned by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).


CHA is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding CHA, are grouped into four categories (hubs) by the FAA:

      P-N: Nonhub airport (has more than 10,000 annual enplanements, but less than 0.05% of total U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-S: Small hub airport (between 0.05% and 0.25% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-M: Medium hub airport (between 0.25 and 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)
      P-L: Large hub airport (at least 1% of U.S. annual enplanements)

CHA meaning is Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field).

Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) can be abbreviated as CHA.

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