Macon County Airport

Macon County Airport
Macon County Airport
	IATA: none; ICAO: none; FAA LID: 1A5;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Macon County Airport Authority
Serves	Macon County, North Carolina
Location	Franklin, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL	2,020 ft / 616 m
Coordinates	35°13′21″N 083°25′09″W
Map
	1A5 Location of airport in North Carolina / United States 1A5 1A5 (the United States)
Runways
Statistics
Aircraft operations (2015)	12,250
Based aircraft (2017)	18
	Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Macon County Airport (FAA LID: 1A5) is a public use airport in Macon County, North Carolina, United States. Owned by the Macon County Airport Authority, it is located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest of central business district of Franklin, North Carolina,[1] in the Iotla Valley of the Great Smoky Mountains.[2] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[3]

Facilities and aircraft

Macon County Airport covers an area of 110 acres (45 ha) at an elevation of 2,020 feet (616 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending March 9, 2015, the airport had 12,250 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. In January 2017, there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 15 single-engine and 3 multi-engine.[1]

References

FAA Airport Form 5010 for 1A5 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective Jan 5, 2017.
"Franklin Aviation / Macon County Airport". Franklin Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on November 26, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.
"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 September 27, 2012.

External links

"Macon County Airport - 1A5" (PDF). at North Carolina DOT airport guide
Aerial image as of April 1994 from USGS The National Map
FAA Terminal Procedures for 1A5, effective January 28, 2021

Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for 1A5
- AirNav airport information for 1A5
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for 1A5

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[FAA-1] FAA Airport Form 5010 for 1A5 PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective Jan 5, 2017.

[2] "Franklin Aviation / Macon County Airport". Franklin Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on November 26, 2012. Retrieved November 28, 2012.

[3] "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 September 27, 2012.