# Raleigh East Airport (W17)

**Raleigh East Airport** (FAA: W17) is a small airport in Knightdale, North Carolina, United States. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,000 ft (914 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/9nc0

## At a glance

- FAA: W17
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Knightdale, North Carolina, United States
- Elevation: 313 ft / 95 m
- Coordinates: 35.7977, -78.4370
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 3,000 ft / 914 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://www.airnav.com/airport/W17
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35291960
- Weather station: KLHZ
- Ident: 9NC0

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 36 ft / 11 m | Asphalt | 008° / 213° | yes |
| 1/19 | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 36 ft / 11 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

- 01/19 slopes 1.4%: threshold 01 at 270 ft / 82 m, threshold 19 at 313 ft / 95 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,000 ft / 914 m | =15,843 of 29,858 | =6,443 in North America | =5,447 in US |
| Elevation | 313 ft / 95 m | =31,016 of 43,403 | =14,349 in North America | =12,078 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 122.800 |

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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/9nc0/data