Western Carolina Regional Airport
| Western Carolina Regional Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: none – ICAO: KRHP – FAA LID: RHP | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | Cherokee County | ||
| Serves | Andrews, North Carolina | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,697 ft / 517 m | ||
| Coordinates | 35°11′43″N 083°51′47″W / 35.19528°N 83.86306°W | ||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 8/26 | 5,500 | 1,676 | Asphalt |
| Statistics (2008) | |||
| Aircraft operations | 20,500 | ||
| Based aircraft | 73 | ||
| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||
Western Carolina Regional Airport (ICAO: KRHP, FAA LID: RHP) is a county-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of the central business district of Andrews, in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It was formerly known as Andrews-Murphy Airport.[2]
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned RHP by the FAA and has no assignment from the IATA[3] (which assigned RHP to Ramechhap, Nepal[4]). The airport's ICAO identifier is KRHP.[5]
Facilities and aircraft[edit]
Western Carolina Regional Airport covers an area of 206 acres (83 ha) at an elevation of 1,697 feet (517 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending September 8, 2008, the airport had 20,500 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 93% general aviation, 5% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 73 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single-engine, 27% multi-engine and 8% helicopter.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d FAA Airport Master Record for RHP (Form 5010 PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
- ^ "Andrews-Murphy Airport". Cherokee County. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007.
- ^ "Western Carolina Regional Airport (FAA: RHP, ICAO: KRHP)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ^ "Ramechhap, Nepal (IATA: RHP, ICAO: VNRC)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ^ "KRHP - Western Carolina Regional Airport". AirNav. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
External links[edit]
- Western Carolina Regional Airport at Cherokee County web site
- Western Carolina Regional Airport - RHP PDF at North Carolina DOT airport guide
- FAA Terminal Procedures for RHP, effective May 30, 2013
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for RHP
- AirNav airport information for KRHP
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
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