# Tara Airbase Airport (5NC1)

**Tara Airbase Airport** (FAA: 5NC1) is a small airport in Mocksville, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Jul 1986. It has one runway, 2,100 ft (640 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/5nc1

## At a glance

- FAA: 5NC1
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Mocksville, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Jul 1986
- Elevation: 756 ft / 230 m
- Coordinates: 35.7932, -80.5123
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,100 ft / 640 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35309595
- Weather station: KRUQ
- Ident: 5NC1

## Timeline

- Jul 1986: Tara Airbase Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 2,100 ft / 640 m | 75 ft / 23 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 | 756 ft / 230 m | =22,246 of 43,403 | =10,522 in North America | =8,678 in US |
| Age | Opened 1986 | =9,000 of 15,079 | =6,833 in North America | =6,722 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

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## 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/5nc1/data