List of airports in North Carolina

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Commercial airports in North Carolina. Red dots represent large hub airports; Green dots represent medium hub airports; Blue dots represent small hub airports; Orange dots represent nonhub airports; Black dots represent reliever airports

This is a list of airports in North Carolina (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code. There are 498 airports in North Carolina, of which 391 are private use, and 107 are public use. 72 airports part of the NPIAS Airports are listed below. ^[1]

Airports

This list contains the following information:

• City served – The city generally associated with the airport, as per the airport's master record with the Federal Aviation Administration. This is not always the actual location since some airports are located in smaller towns outside of the city they serve. It is not meant to be a complete list of cities served, which can be found in or added to each airport's Wikipedia article.
• FAA – The location identifier assigned by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).These are linked to each airport's page at the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
• IATA – The airport code assigned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Those that do not match the FAA code are shown in bold.
• ICAO – The location indicator assigned by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).
• Airport name – The official airport name. Those shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled passenger service on commercial airlines.
• Role – One of four FAA airport categories, as per the 2025–2029 National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) reportreleased September 2024:
  • P-s: Commercial service – primary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have more than 10,000 passenger boardings (enplanements) each year. Each primary airport is sub-classified by the FAA as one of the following four "hub" types (s):
    • L: Large hub that accounts for at least 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
    • M: Medium hub that accounts for between 0.25% and 1% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
    • S: Small hub that accounts for between 0.05% and 0.25% of total U.S. passenger enplanements.
    • N: Nonhub that accounts for less than 0.05% of total U.S. passenger enplanements, but more than 10,000 annual enplanements.
  • CS: Commercial service – nonprimary are publicly owned airports that receive scheduled passenger service and have at least 2,500 passenger boardings each year.
  • R: Reliever airports are designated by the FAA to relieve congestion at a large commercial service airport and to provide more general aviation access to the overall community.
  • GA: General aviation airports are the largest single group of airports in the U.S. airport system.
• Enplanements – The number of enplanements (commercial passenger boardings) that occurred at the airport in calendar year 2023, as per FAA recordsreleased September 2024.

City served	FAA	IATA	ICAO	Airport name	Role	Enplanements (2023)
				Commercial service – primary airports
Asheville	AVL	AVL	KAVL	Asheville Regional Airport	P-S	1,125,935
Charlotte	CLT	CLT	KCLT	Charlotte Douglas International Airport	P-L	25,896,201
Concord	JQF	USA	KJQF	Concord–Padgett Regional Airport	P-N	119,069
Fayetteville	FAY	FAY	KFAY	Fayetteville Regional Airport (Grannis Field)	P-N	167,572
Greensboro	GSO	GSO	KGSO	Piedmont Triad International Airport	P-S	903,742
Greenville	PGV	PGV	KPGV	Pitt–Greenville Airport	P-N	34,824
Jacksonville	OAJ	OAJ	KOAJ	Albert J. Ellis Airport	P-N	133,839
New Bern	EWN	EWN	KEWN	Coastal Carolina Regional Airport (was Craven County Regional)	P-N	59,159
Raleigh	RDU	RDU	KRDU	Raleigh–Durham International Airport	P-M	7,118,995
Wilmington	ILM	ILM	KILM	Wilmington International Airport	P-S	655,857
				Reliever airports
Monroe	EQY		KEQY	Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport (was Monroe Regional)	R	35
Sanford	TTA		KTTA	Raleigh Executive Jetport at Sanford-Lee County (was Sanford-Lee Co. Regional)	R	15
				General aviation airports
Ahoskie	ASJ		KASJ	Tri-County Airport at Henry Joyner Field	GA	0
Albemarle	VUJ		KVUJ	Stanly County Airport	GA	0
Andrews	RHP		KRHP	Western Carolina Regional Airport (was Andrews-Murphy Airport)	GA	2
Asheboro	HBI		KHBI	Asheboro Regional Airport (was Asheboro Municipal Airport)	GA	6
Beaufort	MRH		KMRH	Michael J. Smith Field	GA	35
Burlington	BUY		KBUY	Burlington-Alamance Regional Airport	GA	15
Clinton	CTZ	CTZ	KCTZ	Clinton-Sampson County Airport (was Sampson County Airport)	GA	0
Currituck	ONX		KONX	Currituck County Regional Airport (was Currituck County Airport)	GA	0
Edenton	EDE	EDE	KEDE	Northeastern Regional Airport	GA	6
Elizabeth City	ECG	ECG	KECG	Elizabeth City Regional Airport / CGAS Elizabeth City	GA	0
Elizabethtown	EYF		KEYF	Curtis L. Brown Jr. Field	GA	0
Elkin	ZEF		KZEF	Elkin Municipal Airport	GA	2
Engelhard	7W6			Hyde County Airport	GA	0
Erwin	HRJ		KHRJ	Harnett Regional Jetport (was Harnett County Airport)	GA	0
Franklin	1A5			Macon County Airport	GA	41
Gastonia	AKH		KAKH	Gastonia Municipal Airport	GA	0
Goldsboro	GWW		KGWW	Wayne Executive Jetport (was Goldsboro-Wayne Municipal Airport)	GA	0
Hatteras	HSE	HNC	KHSE	Billy Mitchell Airport	GA	1
Hickory	HKY	HKY	KHKY	Hickory Regional Airport	GA	932
Jefferson	GEV		KGEV	Ashe County Airport	GA	9
Kenansville	DPL		KDPL	Duplin County Airport	GA	0
Kill Devil Hills	FFA	FFA	KFFA	First Flight Airport	GA	5
Kinston	ISO	ISO	KISO	Kinston Regional Jetport at Stallings Field	GA	2
Lenoir	MRN	MRN	KMRN	Foothills Regional Airport (was Morganton-Lenoir Airport)	GA	22
Lexington	EXX		KEXX	Davidson County Airport	GA	5
Lincolnton	IPJ		KIPJ	Lincolnton-Lincoln County Regional Airport	GA	0
Louisburg	LHZ	LFN	KLHZ	Triangle North Executive Airport (was Franklin County Airport)	GA	4
Lumberton	LBT	LBT	KLBT	Lumberton Municipal Airport	GA	2
Manteo	MQI	MEO	KMQI	Dare County Regional Airport	GA	39
Maxton	MEB	MXE	KMEB	Laurinburg-Maxton Airport	GA	0
Mount Airy	MWK		KMWK	Mount Airy/Surry County Airport	GA	16
Mount Olive	W40			Mount Olive Municipal Airport	GA	0
North Wilkesboro	UKF	IKB	KUKF	Wilkes County Airport	GA	0
Ocean Isle Beach	60J			Odell Williamson Municipal Airport (was Ocean Isle Airport)	GA	3
Ocracoke	W95			Ocracoke Island Airport	GA	17
Oxford	HNZ		KHNZ	Henderson-Oxford Airport (Oxford Henderson Airport)	GA	0
Plymouth	PMZ		KPMZ	Plymouth Municipal Airport	GA	0
Reidsville	SIF		KSIF	Rockingham County NC Shiloh Airport	GA	0
Roanoke Rapids	IXA		KIXA	Halifax-Northampton Regional Airport	GA	4
Rockingham	RCZ		KRCZ	Richmond County Airport (was Rockingham-Hamlet Airport)	GA	2
Rocky Mount	RWI	RWI	KRWI	Rocky Mount-Wilson Regional Airport	GA	11
Roxboro	TDF	TDF	KTDF	Raleigh Regional Airport at Person County	GA	0
Rutherfordton	FQD		KFQD	Rutherford County Airport (Marchman Field)	GA	1
Salisbury	RUQ	SRW	KRUQ	Mid-Carolina Regional Airport (was Rowan County Airport)	GA	0
Shelby	EHO		KEHO	Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport (was Shelby Municipal)	GA	3
Siler City	SCR		KSCR	Siler City Municipal Airport	GA	2
Smithfield	JNX		KJNX	Johnston Regional Airport	GA	3
Southern Pines	SOP	SOP	KSOP	Moore County Airport	GA	110
Southport	SUT		KSUT	Cape Fear Regional Jetport (Howie Franklin Field) (was Brunswick County)	GA	21
Spruce Pine	7A8			Avery County Airport (Morrison Field)	GA	0
Star	43A			Montgomery County Airport	GA	0
Statesville	SVH	SVH	KSVH	Statesville Regional Airport (was Statesville Municipal Airport)	GA	2
Sylva	24A			Jackson County Airport	GA	3
Tarboro	ETC		KETC	Tarboro-Edgecombe Airport (Tarboro-Edgecombe County)	GA	0
Wadesboro	AFP		KAFP	Anson County Airport (Jeff Cloud Field)	GA	0
Wallace	ACZ		KACZ	Henderson Field	GA	0
Washington	OCW	OCW	KOCW	Washington–Warren Airport (Warren Field)	GA	13
Whiteville	CPC		KCPC	Columbus County Municipal Airport	GA	0
Williamston	MCZ		KMCZ	Martin County Airport	GA	0
Winston-Salem	INT	INT	KINT	Smith Reynolds Airport	GA	863
				Other public-use airports (not listed in NPIAS)
Bladenboro	3W6			Bladenboro Airport
Farmville	N08			Flanagan Field
Fayetteville	2GC			Grays Creek Airport
Greensboro	W88			Air Harbor Airport
Greensboro	3A4			Southeast Greensboro Airport
Hendersonville	0A7			Hendersonville Airport
Hickory	E40			Wilson's Airport
Holly Ridge	N21			Holly Ridge/Topsail Island Airport
Hurdle Mills	4W4			Whitfield Farms Airport
Indian Trail	28A			Goose Creek Airport
Jacksonville	N22			Sky Manor Airport
Jonesville	78A			Swan Creek Airport
Julian	N88			Kecks Airport
Knightdale	W17			Raleigh East Airport
Liberty	2A5			Causey Airport
Liberty	N61			Hinshaw (Greenacres) Airport
Maiden	N92			Laneys Airport
Marion	9A9			Shiflet Field
Mocksville	8A7			Twin Lakes Airport
Mooresville	14A			Lake Norman Airpark
Oak Ridge	N83			DS Butler Farm and Airfield
Plymouth	7NC			Donald's Air Park
Raeford	5W4			P K Airpark
Raleigh	5W5			Triple W Airport
Reidsville	6A5			Warf Airport
Taylorsville	NC2			Taylorsville Airport
Thomasville	N97			Hiatt Airport
Walnut Cove	N63			Meadow Brook Field
Waxhaw	N52			JAARS-Townsend Airport
Wilson	W03			Wilson Industrial Air Center
Winterville	05N			South Oaks Aerodrome
Yadkinville	80C			Lone Hickory Airport
Yanceyville	6W4			Yanceyville Municipal Airport
				Other military airports
Atlantic	12NC			MCOF Atlantic
Camp Mackall	HFF	HFF	KHFF	Mackall Army Airfield (at Camp Mackall)
Cherry Point	NKT	NKT	KNKT	MCAS Cherry Point (Cunningham Field)
Fayetteville	POB	POB	KPOB	Pope Field		5,583
Fort Bragg	FBG	FBG	KFBG	Simmons Army Airfield (at Fort Bragg)
Goldsboro	GSB	GSB	KGSB	Seymour Johnson AFB		551
Holly Ridge	14NC			MCOF Camp Davis (former Camp Davis AAF)
Jacksonville	NCA		KNCA	MCAS New River (McCutcheon Field)
Pollocksville	13NC			MCOF Oak Grove
Swansboro	NJM		KNJM	MCALF Bogue (Bogue Field)
				Notable private-use airports
Banner Elk	NC06			Elk River Airport
Brevard	3NR3			Transylvania County Airport (was public-use, FAA: 22W)
Clarkton	2NR2			Elkins Field (was public-use, FAA: 1E6)
Corolla	7NC2	DUF		Pine Island Airport
Huntersville	NC05			Bradford Field
Mocksville	5NC2			Sugar Valley Airport (was public use, FAA: 31A)
Morganton	92NC			Grace Hospital Heliport		17,122
Pink Hill	NR10			Pink Hill Airport
				Notable former airports
Archdale	72A			Johnson Field (closed 2006?)
Chapel Hill	IGX		KIGX	Horace Williams Airport (closed 2018)
Charlotte	9A3			Brockenbrough Airport (closed 1986)
Charlotte	8A6	QWG		Wilgrove Air Park (closed 2020)
Mebane	4W7			Hurdle Field
Potters Hill	6N9			Eagles Nest Airport
Roanoke Rapids	RZZ	RZZ	KRZZ	Halifax County Airport (closed permanently)	GA

See also

• North Carolina World War II Army Airfields
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: North America#North Carolina

References

1. "Appendix A: List of NPIAS Airports" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) - Current. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved April 11, 2025.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):

• FAA Airport Data (Form 5010) from National Flight Data Center (NFDC), also available from AirportIQ 5010
• National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (2017–2021), updated September 2016
• Passenger Boarding (Enplanement) Data for CY 2016 (final), updated October 2017

North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT):

• Division of Aviation
• Airport Locations

Other sites used as a reference when compiling and updating this list:

• Aviation Safety Network – used to check IATA airport codes
• Great Circle Mapper: Airports in North Carolina – used to check IATA and ICAO airport codes
• Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: North Carolina – used for information on former airports