56NC

Wheat Field

FAA 56NC35.2067°N 82.0319°W960 ft / 293 mSmall airport
On the map

Wheat Field (FAA: 56NC) is a small airport in Tryon, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Jan 2001. It has one runway, 1,500 ft (457 m) long, grass.

Timeline

1 event · 2001–2001
JAN 2001
OpenedWheat Field opens.
From Wikidata · FAAEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
09/27
LENGTH1,500 ft457 mWIDTH80 ft24 mSURFACEGrass

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway1,500 ft457 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=27,786of 29,823 · =14,022 North America · =12,497 USElevation960 ft293 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=18,365of 43,341 · =8,250 North America · =6,632 USAgeOpened 20012026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=11,474of 15,079 · =9,053 North America · =8,928 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record