# Tailwinds Airport (06NC)

**Tailwinds Airport** (FAA: 06NC) is a small airport in St. Pauls, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Apr 1993. It has one runway, 2,600 ft (793 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/06nc

## At a glance

- FAA: 06NC
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: St. Pauls, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Apr 1993
- Elevation: 163 ft / 50 m
- Coordinates: 34.8275, -78.9303
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,600 ft / 793 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35309201
- Weather station: KFAY
- Ident: 06NC

## Timeline

- Apr 1993: Tailwinds Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,600 ft / 793 m | 90 ft / 27 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,600 ft / 793 m | =19,572 of 29,858 | =8,307 in North America | =7,090 in US |
| Elevation | 163 ft / 50 m | =34,953 of 43,403 | =15,912 in North America | =13,364 in US |
| Age | Opened 1993 | =10,197 of 15,079 | =7,936 in North America | =7,824 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

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- [32NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/32nc.md) Hall Field · 8.0 mi / 13 km
- [NC71](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc71.md) E T Field · 9.3 mi / 15 km
- [FAY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kfay.md) Fayetteville Regional Airport - Grannis Field · 12 mi / 19 km
- [NC86](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc86.md) Rocking A Farm Airport · 12 mi / 19 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/06nc/data