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E40

WILSON'S AIRPORT

HICKORY, NC, USA
Airport Info
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Location
Latitude / Longitude: 35°39'7"N / 81°21'28"W
  35°39.1246'N / 81°21.4718'W
  35.6521 / -81.3579
Elevation: 985.0 ft. (estimated)
Variation: 05W (1985)
From city: 04 miles S of HICKORY, NC

Operations
Facility use: Open to the public
Sectional chart: ATLANTA
Control tower: no
Boundary ARTCC: ATLANTA
Responsible ARTCC: ATLANTA
FSS: RALEIGH [1-800-WX-BRIEF]
NOTAMs facility: RDU (NOTAM-D service available)
Segmented circle: no
Landing fee: no

Communications
CTAF: 122.900

Nearby radio navigation aids
VOR radial/distance VOR name Freq Var
BZM 204oT/14.2 BARRETTS MOUNTAIN VOR/DME 110.80 06W
CLT 324oT/34.1 CHARLOTTE VOR/DME 115.00 05W
 
NDB name Hdg/Dist Freq Var ID
TAWBA 198oT/8.5 332 06W HK
LINCOLNTON 297oT/14.9 432 06W IZN
FIDDLERS 103oT/15.7 391 07W FIQ
TEMKY 243oT/16.1 280 05W VW
FIRST RIVER 26oT/26.7 417 06W SLP
STONIA 341oT/29.4 260 06W GHJ
WILKI 205oT/30.4 209 06W UKF
RUTHERFORD 58oT/34.3 344 05W RFE
HEMLOCK 140oT/39.4 320 02W BAR

Services
Airframe service: NONE
Powerplant service: NONE
Bottled oxygen: NONE
Bulk oxygen: NONE

Runway Information

Runway 17/35
Dimensions: 2175 x 70 ft.
Surface: GRASS; SOD,GOOD CONDITION,NO SPECIAL SURFACE TREATMENT
 
Runway 17
Runway 35
 

Operational Statistics
Annual operations: 800
Local: 500
Itinerant: 250
Military: 50

Additional Remarks
  • 130 FT AGL UNMKD POWERLINES 1000 FT NORTH & EAST OF RY.
  • RY 35 SLOPES UPHILL. LAST HALF OF RY 17 SLOPES DOWNHILL - THLD OF RY 35 IS 6 FT LOWER THAN THLD OF RY 17.
  • WINDS PERMITTING TAKE OFF RY 17 AND LAND RY 35.
  • FOR CD CTC ATLANTA ARTCC AT 770-210-7692.
  • RWY 35 LANDING AIRCRAFT WILL TURN FINAL NORTH OF POWER TRANSMISSION LINES, AIRCRAFT ON STRAIGHT-IN APPROACH WILL REMAIN ABOVE 1700 FT MSL UNTIL NORTH OF POWER LINES. AIRCRAFT DEPARTING SOUTHBOUND CLIMB TO 1700 FT MSL BY POWER LINES OR INITIATE A CROSSWIND TURN BEFORE REACHING POWER LINES.

Instrument Procedures
No published instrument procedures available
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