# Jackson County Airport (24A)

**Jackson County Airport** (FAA: 24A) is a small airport in Sylva, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Sep 1978. It has one runway, 3,210 ft (978 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k24a

## At a glance

- FAA: 24A
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Sylva, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Sep 1978
- Elevation: 2,857 ft / 871 m
- Coordinates: 35.3174, -83.2099
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,210 ft / 978 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: https://www.ncdot.gov/divisions/aviation/Pages/nc-airports.aspx
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_County_Airport_(North_Carolina) (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6117013
- Weather station: K24A
- Ident: K24A

## Timeline

- Sep 1978: Jackson County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 15/33 | 3,210 ft / 978 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 142° / 322° | yes |

- 15/33 slopes 1.6%: threshold 33 at 2,807 ft / 856 m, threshold 15 at 2,857 ft / 871 m.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,210 ft / 978 m | =14,799 of 29,858 | =5,819 in North America | =4,880 in US |
| Elevation | 2,857 ft / 871 m | =5,860 of 43,403 | =2,881 in North America | =2,218 in US |
| Age | Opened 1978 | =7,719 of 15,079 | =5,716 in North America | =5,618 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/k24a/data