Columbus County Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Columbus County | ||||||||||
Serves | Whiteville, North Carolina | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 99 ft / 30 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°16′22″N 078°42′54″W / 34.27278°N 78.71500°W | ||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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Columbus County Municipal Airport ( ICAO: KCPC, FAA LID: CPC) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. [1] It is located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Whiteville, North Carolina. [1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility. [2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CPC by the FAA [1] but has no designation from the IATA [3] (which assigned CPC to Chapelco Airport in San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén Province, Argentina). [4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KCPC. [5]
Columbus County Municipal Airport covers an area of 300 acres (121 ha) at an elevation of 99 feet (30 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 75 feet (1,676 x 23 m). [1]
For the 12-month period ending June 12, 2021, the airport had 16,700 aircraft operations, an average of 46 per day: 82% general aviation, 13% air taxi, and 6% military. At that time there were 32 aircraft based at this airport: 18 single- engine, 1 multi-engine, and 13 helicopter. [1]