First Flight Airport
| First Flight Airport | |||
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| IATA: FFA – ICAO: KFFA – FAA LID: FFA | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | U.S. National Park Service | ||
| Serves | Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina | ||
| Location | Wright Brothers National Memorial | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 13 ft / 4 m | ||
| Coordinates | 36°01′06″N 075°40′17″W / 36.01833°N 75.67139°WCoordinates: 36°01′06″N 075°40′17″W / 36.01833°N 75.67139°W | ||
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| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 2/20 | 3,000 | 914 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2009) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 38,120 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
First Flight Airport (IATA: FFA, ICAO: KFFA, FAA LID: FFA) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) west of the central business district of Kill Devil Hills, a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.[1] The airport is owned by the U.S. National Park Service.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
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.[3] The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission also chose the airport as one of the stops for the National Air Tour 2003.[4]
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History [edit]
On December 17, 1903 the first successful powered heavier-than-air aircraft flight occurred here, conducted by the Wright brothers.
Facilities and aircraft [edit]
First Flight Airport covers an area of 40 acres (16 ha) at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 by 60 feet (914 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending August 19, 2009, the airport had 38,120 aircraft operations, an average of 104 per day: 97% general aviation, 3% air taxi, and <1% military.[1]
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References [edit]
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for FFA (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective May 31, 2012.
- ^ "2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A" (PDF, 2.03 MB). National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems. Federal Aviation Administration. October 4, 2010.
- ^ "Wright Brothers National Memorial". U.S. National Park Service. 2006. 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. Retrieved 2006-12-19.
External links [edit]
- U.S. National Park Service: Wright Brothers National Memorial
- First Flight Airport (FFA) PDF at North Carolina DOT airport guide
- Aerial image as of March 1993 from USGS The National Map
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for FFA
- AirNav airport information for KFFA
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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