# Avery County Morrison Field (7A8)

**Avery County Morrison Field** (FAA: 7A8) is a small airport in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Nov 1962. It has one runway, 3,001 ft (915 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/k7a8

## At a glance

- FAA: 7A8
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Spruce Pine, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Nov 1962
- Elevation: 2,745 ft / 837 m
- Coordinates: 35.9446, -81.9957
- Runways: 1
- Helipads: 1
- Longest runway: 3,001 ft / 915 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61670213
- Weather station: KMRN
- Ident: K7A8

## Timeline

- Nov 1962: Avery County Morrison Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 3,001 ft / 915 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Asphalt | 160° / 340° |  |

- 17/35 slopes 1.5%: threshold 35 at 2,700 ft / 823 m, threshold 17 at 2,745 ft / 837 m.
- Also 1 helipad.

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,001 ft / 915 m | =15,822 of 29,858 | =6,431 in North America | =5,436 in US |
| Elevation | 2,745 ft / 837 m | =6,160 of 43,403 | #2,984 in North America | #2,302 in US |
| Age | Opened 1962 | =4,898 of 15,079 | =3,377 in North America | =3,299 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

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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/k7a8/data