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FAY Meaning

FAY Airport Meaning

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FAY Meaning:

FAY stands for Fayetteville Regional Airport (Grannis Field)


Located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, FAY (Fayetteville Regional Airport (Grannis Field)) is classified as a nonhub airport by the FAA. You can check out more of FAY's characteristics and attributes below, including its airport code, location indicator and location identifier.


Fayetteville Regional Airport (Grannis Field) (FAY) Characteristics:

      City: Fayetteville
      State: North Carolina
      FAA: Fayetteville Regional Airport (Grannis Field)
      IATA: FAY
      ICAO: KFAY
      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).


FAY is a commercial airport, and as such, is designated as a primary (P) airport by the FAA. All primary airports, inlcuding FAY, 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)

FAY meaning is Fayetteville Regional Airport (Grannis Field).

Fayetteville Regional Airport (Grannis Field) can be abbreviated as FAY.

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