# Swan Creek Airport (78A)

**Swan Creek Airport** (FAA: 78A) is a small airport in Jonesville, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Jun 1942. It has 2 runways; the longest is 2,600 ft (793 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/78a

## At a glance

- FAA: 78A
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Jonesville, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Jun 1942
- Elevation: 1,137 ft / 347 m
- Coordinates: 36.2024, -80.8681
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 2,600 ft / 793 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61670036
- Weather station: KUKF
- Ident: 78A

## Timeline

- Jun 1942: Swan Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 2,600 ft / 793 m | 125 ft / 38 m | Grass | 092° / 272° |  |
| 02/20 | 921 ft / 281 m | 125 ft / 38 m | Grass | 015° / 195° |  |

- 10/28 slopes 1.8%: threshold 10 at 1,090 ft / 332 m, threshold 28 at 1,137 ft / 347 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,600 ft / 793 m | =19,572 of 29,858 | =8,307 in North America | =7,090 in US |
| Elevation | 1,137 ft / 347 m | =15,806 of 43,403 | =6,914 in North America | =5,455 in US |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =924 in North America | =885 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [KZEF](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kzef.md) Elkin Municipal Airport · 7.0 mi / 11 km
- [26NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/26nc.md) Boonville Airport · 8.6 mi / 14 km
- [75NR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/75nr.md) Hamptonville Airport · 8.8 mi / 14 km
- [3NC1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3nc1.md) Welborn Farm Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [IKB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kukf.md) Wilkes County Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [NC42](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc42.md) Piney Ridge Airport · 13 mi / 21 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/78a/data