Akron Canton Regional Airport

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Akron Canton Regional

IATA: CAK - ICAO: KCAK
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		Akron Canton Regional Airport Authority
Serves		Akron, Ohio
Elevation AMSL		1228 ft (374 m)
Coordinates		40°54′57″N, 81°26′31″W
Website		http://www.akroncantonairport.com
Parts of this article may come from Wikipedia
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
1/19	7601	2317	Asphalt
5/23	7597	2316	Asphalt

1 General
2 Gate Assignment
3 Flight Planning Resources
4 IFR Routes

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General

Akron Canton Regional is a commercial Class C airport located in southern Summit County, Ohio roughly 10 miles southeast of Akron, Ohio, and roughly 10 miles northwest of Canton, Ohio. The airport is jointly operated by Summit County and Stark County. Money for the airport was initially allocated during World War II for defense purposes, but the construction stalled over a controversy relating to whether public funding of airport construction would be appropriate. As a result, private funding was essential to the initial construction of the airport, particularly in purchasing the land. The airport was dedicated on October 13, 1946, but permanent terminal facilities were not built until 1955.

The airport has two runways - 7,601, and 7,598 feet (2,317 and 2,316 m) long, both 150 feet (46 m) wide.

In 2005, 1.45 million passengers flew through Akron-Canton, over three times the number just ten years earlier. It is one of the fastest-growing airports in the Midwest, and is attracting passengers not only from the Akron/Canton area, but also from the Cleveland metropolitan area. The airport has had increases in number of passengers every year since 1995 except for 2001, and that year's lack of growth was largely blamed on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks which slowed air travel nationwide.

The Airport has just completed a major exapansion and renovation of the terminal, including the addition of a new terminal wing off the main concourse-bring the number of gates to 12 (up from 9), new baggage areas, a food court, and improved aesthetics. The new wing of the terminal opened to passengers in May, 2006 and is home to AirTran and Frontier. There is also a runway extension in the works. The airport is marketing itself as "A better way to go", noting the ease of the Akron-Canton Airport in comparison to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport some 40 miles north. The airport essentially serves as a secondary "reliever" airport for Northeast Ohio.

Although the majority of the airport's traffic growth has been in the commercial sector, over 75% of all air traffic at Akron-Canton is still general aviation, since general aviation is all but non-existent at nearby Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport.

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