Concord–Padgett Regional Airport

{{Short description|Airport serving Charlotte, North Carolina, United States}}

{{For|other airports in places named Concord|Concord Airport (disambiguation){{!}}Concord Airport}}

{{Use American English|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Concord–Padgett Regional Airport

| image = Concord-Padgett Regional Airport logo (new version).png

| image2 = Concord Regional Airport.jpg

| IATA = USA

| ICAO = KJQF

| FAA = JQF

| type = Public

| owner = City of Concord

| operator =

| city-served = Charlotte metropolitan area

| location = Concord, North Carolina

| opened = {{start date and age|1994|11|18}}

| operating_base = {{ubl|class=nowrap

| Avelo Airlines{{cite web|title=Avelo Airlines Expands its Commitment to North Carolina with Two New Bases in Charlotte and Wilmington and First Two International Routes at RDU|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/avelo-airlines-expands-its-commitment-to-north-carolina-with-two-new-bases-in-charlotte-and-wilmington-and-first-two-international-routes-at-rdu-302322106.html |website=PRNewsWire|date=December 4, 2024|access-date=December 4, 2024}}}}

| elevation-f = 705

| coordinates = {{coord|35|23|16|N|080|42|33|W|region:US-NC_type:airport|display=inline,title}}

| image_map = KJQF Airport Diagram.svg

| image_mapsize = 200

| image_map_caption = FAA airport diagram

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 10

| mapframe-wikidata = yes

| website = {{URL|www.concordairportnc.com}}

| r1-number = 2/20

| r1-length-f = 7,402

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| stat-year = 2024

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations

| stat1-data = 76,305

| stat2-header = Based aircraft

| stat2-data = 233

| stat3-header = Total passengers

| stat3-data = 257,000

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=JQF|use=PU|own=PU|site=16644.2*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 8 April 2010.https://aspm.faa.gov/opsnet/sys/Airport.asp

}}

Concord–Padgett Regional Airport {{airport codes|USA|KJQF|JQF}} is a city-owned, public-use airport located {{convert|7|nmi|km mi|abbr=on}} 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,[http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/ National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems] for 2009–2013: [http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part4.pdf Appendix A: Part 4 (PDF, 1.61 MB)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606180725/http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2009/npias_2009_appA_part4.pdf |date=June 6, 2011 }}. 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 but had no designation from the IATA until August 22, 2013, when it was assigned 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.independenttribune.com/cit/soaring-to-years-city-of-concord-officially-names-airport-after/article_af0946a8-4e47-52a4-8ce4-f1b218e44d0c.html|title=Soaring to 25 years: City of Concord officially names airport after longtime mayor, celebrates 25 years|last=Thompson|first=Adam|work=Independent Tribune|date=18 November 2019|accessdate=19 November 2019}}