First Flight Airport
Coordinates: 36°01′06″N 75°40′17″W / 36.01833°N 75.67139°W
| First Flight Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: FFA – ICAO: KFFA – FAA LID: FFA | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | National Park Service | ||
| Serves | Kill Devil Hills | ||
| Location | Dare County, North Carolina | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 2/20 | 3,000 | 914 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2006) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 38,120 | ||
| Based aircraft | 0 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
First Flight Airport (IATA: FFA, ICAO: KFFA, FAA LID: FFA) is a general aviation airport located in Kill Devil Hills, a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The airport itself is famous for being the site of hundreds of pre-flight gliding experiments carried out by the Wright brothers. The Wright Brothers National Memorial, located atop nearby Kill Devil Hill, is a 60-foot granite pylon paying homage to the Wright Brothers and the first sustained heavier-than-air flight.[2] The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission also chose the airport as one of the stops for the National Air Tour 2003.[3]
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[edit] History
On December 17, 1903 the first successful powered heavier-than-air aircraft flight occurred here, conducted by the Wright brothers.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ FAA Airport Master Record for FFA (Form 5010 PDF), effective 2007-12-20
- ^ "Wright Brothers National Memorial". U.S. National Park Service. 2006. http://www.nps.gov/wrbr/. Retrieved 2006-12-19.
- ^ "The National Park Service and the National Air Tour 2003 Announce Plans for Stop at Wright Brothers National Memorial". U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. 2003. http://www.centennialofflight.gov/user/news_releases/press-nps3.htm. Retrieved 2006-12-19.
[edit] Further reading
[edit] External links
- NCDOT Airport Information: First Flight Airport PDF (273 KiB)
- U.S. National Park Service: Wright Brothers National Memorial
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KFFA
- ASN accident history for FFA
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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