Concord–Padgett Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located west of the central business district of Concord, a city in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States. According to the FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013,National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2009–2013: Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB) . Federal Aviation Administration. Updated 15 October 2008. it is classified as a reliever airport for Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Concord–Padgett Regional Airport is assigned JQF by the FAA and USA by the IATA.A search run on iata.org shows the three-letter code USA is assigned to Concord. The airport's ICAO identifier is KJQF.
In April 2018, the airport was renamed to honor longtime Mayor of Concord, Scott Padgett. An official ceremony was held on November 18, 2019, for the airport's 25th anniversary.
Facilities and aircraft Concord–Padgett Regional Airport covers an area of at an elevation of 705 feet (215 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 7,402 by 100 feet (2,256 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending May 31, 2022, the airport had 86,654 aircraft operations, an average of 237 per day: 87% general aviation, 9% air taxi, 1% military and 4% scheduled commercial. At that time, there were 233 aircraft based at this airport: 161 single-engine, 29 multi-engine, 35 jet and 8 helicopter.
Commercial passenger service On August 20, 2013, Allegiant Air announced it would begin nonstop jet service between Concord and Orlando Sanford International Airport in December 2013. Since then the airline has expanded its nonstop service to several other vacation destinations in Florida as well as announcing new nonstop service to New Orleans. An existing hangar to the left of the main terminal was converted to a separate temporary terminal for this new commercial service. A larger permanent commercial service terminal opened in October 2016. According to FlightAware, Allegiant serves the airport with Airbus A320 jetliners.http://www.flightaware.com, KJQF flight tracking On March 4, 2020, Allegiant announced Concord would be the airline's 21st operating base, housing two Airbus planes beginning October 7, 2020.
Avelo Airlines also flies to the airport.
Airlines and destinations
Statistics Top destinations + Busiest domestic routes from Concord Regional(May 2025 – April 2026) Rank City Passengers Airlines 1 St. Petersburg/Clearwater, Florida 31,860 Allegiant 2 New Haven, Connecticut 29,860 Avelo 3 Orlando/Sanford, Florida 26,500 Allegiant 4 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 26,200 Allegiant 5 Rochester, New York 21,810 Avelo 6 Long Island/Islip, New York 18,410 Avelo 7 Punta Gorda, Florida 17,160 Allegiant 8 Manchester, New Hampshire 7,880 Avelo 9 Albany, New York 7,340 Avelo 10 Lakeland, Florida 7,300 Avelo
Airline market share + Rank Airline Passengers Share1 Avelo Airlines206,00050.30%2 Allegiant Airlines204,00049.70%
See also List of airports in North Carolina
References
External links
Concord-Padgett Regional Airport, official site at North Carolina DOT airport guide Aerial photo as of March 1998 from USGS The National Map