# Whitfield's East Airport (23NR)

**Whitfield's East Airport** (FAA: 23NR) is a small airport in Fairfield, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Jun 2009. It has one runway, 3,300 ft (1,006 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/23nr

## At a glance

- FAA: 23NR
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Fairfield, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Jun 2009
- Elevation: 1 ft / 0 m
- Coordinates: 35.5609, -76.2324
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,300 ft / 1,006 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61669943
- Weather station: K7W6
- Ident: 23NR

## Timeline

- Jun 2009: Whitfield's East Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 3,300 ft / 1,006 m | 23 ft / 7 m | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,300 ft / 1,006 m | =13,435 of 29,858 | =5,554 in North America | =4,661 in US |
| Elevation | 1 ft / 0 m | =43,290 of 43,403 | =19,408 in North America | =15,753 in US |
| Age | Opened 2009 | =12,628 of 15,079 | =10,069 in North America | =9,932 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [NC73](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc73.md) Hodges Farm Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [7W6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k7w6.md) Hyde County Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [7NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc7.md) Donald's Air Park Inc. Airport · 27 mi / 44 km
- [87NR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/87nr.md) Columbia Airstrip · 29 mi / 47 km
- [NC12](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc12.md) Lee Creek Airport · 33 mi / 54 km
- [KPMZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpmz.md) Plymouth Municipal Airport · 34 mi / 55 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/23nr/data