# Thompson Farms Airport (6NC5)

**Thompson Farms Airport** (FAA: 6NC5) is a small airport in Whitakers, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Nov 1986. It has one runway, 1,800 ft (549 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/6nc5

## At a glance

- FAA: 6NC5
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Whitakers, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Nov 1986
- Elevation: 100 ft / 31 m
- Coordinates: 36.0249, -77.6594
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,800 ft / 549 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35311135
- Weather station: KETC
- Ident: 6NC5

## Timeline

- Nov 1986: Thompson Farms Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,800 ft / 549 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,800 ft / 549 m | =26,165 of 29,858 | =12,889 in North America | =11,401 in US |
| Elevation | 100 ft / 31 m | =36,830 of 43,403 | =16,697 in North America | =13,966 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 |

## Nearby airports

- [KETC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ketc.md) Tarboro Edgecombe Airport · 8.8 mi / 14 km
- [76NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/76nc.md) Dunroamin Farms Airport · 9.5 mi / 15 km
- [NC45](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc45.md) Enfield-Shearin Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [19NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/19nc.md) Double S Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [NC84](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0901.md) Ellis Airport · 16 mi / 25 km
- [RWI](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krwi.md) Rocky Mount Wilson Regional Airport · 17 mi / 28 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/6nc5/data