# Ashe County Airport (KGEV)

**Ashe County Airport** (ICAO: KGEV) is a small airport in Jefferson, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Aug 1977. It has one runway, 5,002 ft (1,525 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KGEV
- FAA: GEV
- Type: Small airport
- Owner: Ashe County
- Serves: Jefferson, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Aug 1977
- Elevation: 3,178 ft / 969 m
- Coordinates: 36.4324, -81.4185
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,002 ft / 1,525 m
- Instrument procedures: 2 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.ashencedc.com/ashe-county-airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashe_County_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2900733
- Weather station: KGEV
- Ident: KGEV

## Timeline

- Aug 1977: Ashe County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 5,002 ft / 1,525 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt | 089° / 269° | yes |

- 10/28 slopes 1.8%: threshold 28 at 3,087 ft / 941 m, threshold 10 at 3,177 ft / 969 m.
- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/06790AD.PDF

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,002 ft / 1,525 m | =6,437 of 29,858 | =2,277 in North America | =1,868 in US |
| Elevation | 3,178 ft / 969 m | #5,048 of 43,403 | #2,559 in North America | #1,985 in US |
| Age | Opened 1977 | =7,544 of 15,079 | =5,572 in North America | =5,476 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| A/D | ATLANTA APP/DEP | 125.150 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 120.675 |
| 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/kgev/data