# Mitchell Field (17NC)

**Mitchell Field** (FAA: 17NC) is a small airport in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Jan 1994. It has one runway, 2,100 ft (640 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/17nc

## At a glance

- FAA: 17NC
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Elizabethtown, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Jan 1994
- Elevation: 23 ft / 7 m
- Coordinates: 34.4663, -78.3286
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,100 ft / 640 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61669936
- Weather station: KEYF
- Ident: 17NC

## Timeline

- Jan 1994: Mitchell Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 2,100 ft / 640 m | 90 ft / 27 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,100 ft / 640 m | =23,712 of 29,858 | =11,280 in North America | =9,864 in US |
| Elevation | 23 ft / 7 m | =41,032 of 43,403 | =18,535 in North America | =15,194 in US |
| Age | Opened 1994 | =10,385 of 15,079 | =8,108 in North America | =7,995 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [NC65](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc65.md) Yonder Airport · 7.2 mi / 12 km
- [US-9253](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-9253.md) Highsmith Airport · 14 mi / 23 km
- [2NR2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1e6.md) Elkins Field · 17 mi / 27 km
- [KEYF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/keyf.md) Curtis L Brown Jr Field · 17 mi / 27 km
- [NC43](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc43.md) Bear Pen Airport · 24 mi / 38 km
- [NC48](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc48.md) Safe Field · 25 mi / 40 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/17nc/data