Columbus County Municipal Airport

Columbus County Municipal Airport
Summary
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 / 34.27278; -78.71500Coordinates: 34°16′22″N 078°42′54″W / 34.27278°N 78.71500°W / 34.27278; -78.71500
Map
CPC
Location of airport in North Carolina
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
6/24 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2012)
Aircraft operations 16,700
Based aircraft 27

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]

Facilities and aircraft

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 March 17, 2012, the airport had 16,700 aircraft operations, an average of 45 per day: 81% general aviation, 13% air taxi, and 6% military. At that time there were 27 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, and 19% helicopter.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 FAA Airport Master Record for CPC (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
  2. ↑ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF, 2.03 MB) on 2012-09-27. External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ "Columbus County Municipal Airport (ICAO: KCPC, FAA: CPC, IATA: none)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  4. ↑ "San Martín de los Andes-Chapelco Airport, NE, Argentina (IATA: CPC, ICAO: SAZY)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Columbus County Municipal – CPC (KCPC)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 10, 2012. External link in |work= (help)
  • Columbus County Municipal Airport at Columbus County website
  • "Columbus County Municipal Airport (CPC)" (PDF). at North Carolina DOT airport guide
  • Aerial image as of March 1999 from USGS The National Map
  • FAA Terminal Procedures for CPC, effective October 11, 2018


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