Little Rock National Airport (IATA: LIT, ICAO: KLIT, FAA LID: LIT), officially designated Adams Field, is located 2 miles (3 km) east of the central business district (CBD) of Little Rock, a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA. It is Arkansas' largest commercial service airport, serving more than 2.5 million passengers in 2005. The airport attracts passengers from a large part of Arkansas as well as a number of surrounding states.
Although the airport does not have direct international passenger flights, there are more than 150 flight arrivals and departures at Little Rock each day, with non-stop jet service to 18 national/international gateway cities.
The regional jet made its first appearance at Little Rock National in 1997, with three daily flights by Delta Connection carrier, Comair, to Cincinnati. Comair has now been joined by other Delta Connection carriers as well as American Eagle, Continental Express, Frontier JetExpress, Northwest Airlink, United Express, and US Airways Express in operating the regional jet at Little Rock.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is an agency of the United States Department of Transportation with authority to regulate and oversee all aspects of civil aviation in the U.S. The Federal Aviation Act of 1958 created the group under the name "Federal Aviation Agency", and adopted its current name in 1967 when it became a part of the United States Department of Transportation.