# Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) (CHA)

> Chattanooga, US · IATA: CHA · ICAO: KCHA · Medium Airport

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `CHA` |
| ICAO | `KCHA` |
| City | Chattanooga |
| Country | US |
| Type | Medium Airport |
| Elevation | 208 m |
| Cargo | ❌ |
| GPS | 35.03530, -85.20380 |

## Description

In 2019, CHA became the first airport in the United States to run entirely on solar power, drawing on a 2.74-megawatt array. Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (IATA: CHA, ICAO: KCHA), historically Lovell Field, is at heart a passenger gateway, and it set a record in 2025 with more than 632,000 passengers, up 14 percent on roughly 556,000 the year before, carried by Allegiant, American and Delta. Only limited belly cargo and express feeder traffic move through the field; there is no freighter operation, despite the Volkswagen plant at Enterprise South and a dense trucking cluster. Heavier freight from the Tennessee Valley travels by road to Atlanta (ATL), under two hours south on I-75, or to Nashville (BNA), and Atlanta is also where regional imports are normally cleared through customs. A roughly US$28 million terminal expansion added two boarding gates in March 2024, and in 2025 the airport broke ground on a near-US$35 million parking garage adding about 1,600 spaces. For shippers, CHA is a growing passenger airport whose freight map still points firmly to Atlanta.

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