Billy Mitchell Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | National Park Service | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hatteras, North Carolina | ||||||||||
| Location | Cape Hatteras National Seashore | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 17 ft / 5 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 35°13′58″N 075°37′04″W / 35.23278°N 75.61778°W | ||||||||||
| Website | BillyMitchellAirport.com | ||||||||||
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)  HSE Location of airport in North Carolina / United States ) HSE HSE (the United States) | |||||||||||
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Billy Mitchell Airport (IATA: HNC, ICAO: KHSE, FAA LID: HSE) is a public use airport located four nautical miles (5 mi, 7 km) east of the central business district of Hatteras, in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.[1] The airport is located in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and is owned by the National Park Service.[1] It is named after United States Army Air Service General Billy Mitchell, and is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Billy Mitchell Airport is assigned HSE by the FAA[1] and HNC by the IATA.[3] The airport's ICAO identifier is KHSE.[4]
Facilities and aircraft
Billy Mitchell Airport covers an area of 100 acres (40 ha) at an elevation of 17 feet (5 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 7/25 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,002 by 75 feet (915 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending March 18, 2016, the airport had 9,200 aircraft operations, an average of 25 per day: 98% general aviation, 1% air taxi and 1% military.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f FAA Airport Form 5010 for HSE PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. effective Mar 2, 2017.
- ^ "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 2012-09-27.
- ^ "Billy Mitchell Airport (ICAO: KHSE, FAA: HSE, IATA: HNC)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
- ^ "Billy Mitchell – HSE (KHSE)". National Flight Data Center. Federal Aviation Administration. Retrieved July 10, 2012.
External links
- Billy Mitchell Airport
- "Billy Mitchell Airport (HSE)" (PDF). at North Carolina DOT airport guide
- Aerial image as of March 1993 from USGS The National Map
- FAA Terminal Procedures for HSE, effective January 28, 2021
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for HSE
- AirNav airport information for KHSE
- ASN accident history for HNC
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures