Billy Mitchell Airport
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 Airport terminal, May 2009 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | National Park Service | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hatteras, North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Location | Cape Hatteras National Seashore | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 16 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°13′58″N 075°37′04″W / 35.23278°N 75.61778°W | ||||||||||
| Website | BillyMitchellAirport.com | ||||||||||
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  HNC/KHSE/HSE Location of airport in North Carolina / United States  HNC/KHSE/HSE HNC/KHSE/HSE (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Billy Mitchell Airport (IATA: HNC, ICAO: KHSE, FAA LID: HSE) is a public use airport located 4 nmi (4.6 mi; 7.4 km) east of the central business district of Hatteras, in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.[1] The airport is located in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and is owned by the National Park Service.[1] It is named after United States Army Air Service General Billy Mitchell, and is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, 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, Billy Mitchell Airport is assigned HSE by the FAA[1] and HNC by the IATA.[3] The airport's ICAO identifier is KHSE.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
[edit]Billy Mitchell Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) at an elevation of 16 feet (5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,002 by 75 feet (915 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending September 2, 2022, the airport had 9,200 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 97% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f FAA Airport Form 5010 for HSE PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective December 28, 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Billy Mitchell Airport (ICAO: KHSE, FAA: HSE, IATA: HNC)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
- ^ "Billy Mitchell – HSE (KHSE)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Billy Mitchell Airport
- "Billy Mitchell Airport (HSE)" (PDF). at North Carolina DOT airport guide
- Aerial image as of March 1993 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for HSE, effective October 3, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for HSE
- AirNav airport information for KHSE
- ASN accident history for HNC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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