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ROA Meaning

ROA Airport Meaning

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ROA Meaning:

ROA stands for Roanoke Regional Airport (Woodrum Field)


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


Roanoke Regional Airport (Woodrum Field) (ROA) Characteristics:

      City: Roanoke
      State: Virginia
      FAA: Roanoke Regional Airport (Woodrum Field)
      IATA: ROA
      ICAO: KROA
      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).


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

ROA meaning is Roanoke Regional Airport (Woodrum Field).

Roanoke Regional Airport (Woodrum Field) can be abbreviated as ROA.

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