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Closest airports to college football stadiums

Check out our list of the closest airports to all the teams in the Power Five conferences and the drive times to the team’s stadium.

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons run onto the field before facing the Georgia Tech Yellow jackets during an ACC Football Championship game. Photo By David Tulis.

Atlantic Coast Conference

School City Closest airport Drive time to stadium (min)
Boston College Boston General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS) 25
Clemson Clemson, South Carolina Oconee County Regional (CEU) 6
Duke Durham, North Carolina Raleigh-Durham International (RDU) 22
Florida State Tallahassee Tallahassee International (TLH) 10
Georgia Tech Atlanta Fulton County-Brown Field (FTY) 18
Louisville Louisville Louisville International-Standiford Field (SDF) 6
Miami Miami Miami-Opa Locka Executive (OPF) 17
North Carolina Chapel Hill Raleigh-Durham International (RDU) 22
North Carolina State Raleigh Raleigh-Durham International (RDU) 18
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Allegheny County (AGC) 31
Syracuse Syracuse Syracuse Hancock International (SYR) 17
Virginia Charlottesville Charlottesville-Albemarle (CHO) 22
Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive (BCB) 6
Wake Forest Winston-Salem, North Carolina Smith Reynolds (INT) 12
Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana South Bend International (SBN) 19

Big Ten Conference

School City Closest airport Drive time to stadium (min)
Illinois Champagne-Urbana University of Illinois-Willard (CMI) 12
Indiana Bloomington Monroe County (BMG) 14
Iowa Iowa City Iowa City Municipal (IOW) 9
Maryland College Park College Park (CGS) 9
Michigan Ann Arbor Ann Arbor Municipal (ARB) 7
Michigan State Lansing Capital Region International (LAN) 19
Minnesota Minneapolis St. Paul Downtown Holman Field (STP) 12
Nebraska Lincoln Lincoln Airport (LINK) 10
Northwestern Chicago Chicago Executive (PWK) 34
Ohio State Columbus Ohio State University (OSU) 15
Penn State State College University Park (UNV) 11
Purdue West Lafayette, Indiana Purdue University (LAF) 7
Rutgers New Brunswick, New Jersey Central Jersey Regional Airport (47N) 17
Wisconsin Madison Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN) 17

Big 12 Conference

School City Closest airport Drive time to stadium (min)
Baylor Waco, Texas Tstc Waco (CNW) 12
Iowa State Ames Ames Municipal (AWM) 6
Kansas Lawrence Lawrence Municipal (LWC) 10
Kansas State Manhattan Manhattan Regional (MHK) 16
Oklahoma Norman University of Oklahoma Westheimer (OUN) 13
Oklahoma State Stillwater Stillwater Regional (SWO) 9
Texas Christian Fort Worth Sycamore Strip (9F9) 18
Texas Austin Austin-Bergstrom International (AUS) 16
Texas Tech Lubbock Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB) 13
West Virginia Morgantown Morgantown Municipal-Walter L Bill Hart Field (MGW) 12

Pacific-12 Conference

School City Closest airport Drive time to stadium (min)
Arizona Tuscon Tuscon International (TUS) 16
Arizona State Tempe Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX) 13
California, Berkeley Berkeley Buchanan Field (CCR) 24
UCLA Pasadena Bob Hope (BUR) 19
Colorado Boulder Boulder Municipal (BDU) 10
Oregon Eugene Mahlon Sweet (EUG) 17
Oregon State Corvallis Corvallis Municipal (CVO) 12
Southern California Los Angeles Jack Northrop Field/Hawthorne Municipal (HHR) 12
Stanford Palo Alto, California Palo Alto Airport (PAO) 10
Utah Salt Lake City Salt Lake City International (SLC) 18
Washington Seattle Boeing Field/King County International (BFI) 14
Washington State Pullman Pullman/Moscow Regional (PUW) 7

Southeastern Conference

School City Closest airport Drive time to stadium (min)
Alabama Tuscaloosa Tuscaloosa Regional (TCL) 17
Arkansas Fayetteville Drake Field (FYV) 12
Auburn Auburn, Alabama Auburn University Regional (AUO) 12
Florida Gainesville Gainesville Regional (GNV) 14
Georgia Athens Athens-Ben Epps (AHN) 10
Kentucky Lexington Blue Grass (LEX) 16
Louisiana State Baton Rouge Baton Rouge Metropolitan, Ryan Field (BTR) 18
Mississippi Oxford University-Oxford (UOX) 7
Mississippi State Starkville George M. Bryan (STF) 11
Missouri Columbia Columbia Regional (COU) 18
South Carolina Columbia Jim Hamilton L B Owens (CUB) 8
Tennessee Knoxville Knoxville Downtown Island (DKX) 13
Texas A&M College Station Easterwood Field (CLL) 7
Vanderbilt Nashville Nashville International (BNA) 16
Ian J. Twombly

Ian J. Twombly

Ian J. Twombly is senior content producer for AOPA Media.
Topics: U.S. Travel, Travel

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