# Albert J Ellis Airport (OAJ / KOAJ)

**Albert J Ellis Airport** (IATA: OAJ, ICAO: KOAJ) is a medium airport in Richlands, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Feb 1971. It has one runway, 7,100 ft (2,164 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 314 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: OAJ / KOAJ
- FAA: OAJ
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Richlands, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Feb 1971
- Elevation: 93 ft / 28 m
- Coordinates: 34.8292, -77.6121
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 7,100 ft / 2,164 m
- Instrument procedures: 3 approaches
- Passengers: 314,008 (2025)
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.flyoaj.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_J._Ellis_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1471549
- Weather station: KOAJ
- Ident: KOAJ

## Timeline

- Feb 1971: Albert J Ellis Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 7,100 ft / 2,164 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 044° / 224° | yes |

- FAA airport diagram: https://aeronav.faa.gov/d-tpp/2611/05880AD.PDF

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2015 | 301,425 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2016 | 302,113 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2017 | 313,659 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2018 | 307,578 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2019 | 329,018 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2020 | 212,036 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2021 | 322,753 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2022 | 274,403 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2023 | 269,574 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2024 | 292,240 | BTS T-100 Segment |
| 2025 | 314,008 | BTS T-100 Segment |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · United States · 190 mi / 306 km · American Eagle
- [ATL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/katl.md) Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · United States · 398 mi / 640 km · Delta Connection

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from OAJ, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- [American Eagle](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/american-eagle) · 1
- [Delta Connection](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/delta-connection) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 314K (2025) | #1,318 of 3,974 | #302 in North America | #201 in US |
| Longest runway | 7,100 ft / 2,164 m | =3,396 of 29,858 | =774 in North America | =582 in US |
| Elevation | 93 ft / 28 m | =37,187 of 43,403 | =16,867 in North America | =14,075 in US |
| Age | Opened 1971 | =6,388 of 15,079 | =4,595 in North America | =4,505 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 | WILMINGTON APP/DEP | 121.400 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 124.475 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.000 |

## Nearby airports

- [KNCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knca.md) MCAS New River / McCutcheon Field · 13 mi / 21 km
- [ISO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kiso.md) Kinston Regional Jetport At Stallings Field · 35 mi / 56 km
- [EWN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewn.md) Coastal Carolina Regional Airport · 36 mi / 59 km
- [GSB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgsb.md) Seymour Johnson Air Force Base · 40 mi / 65 km
- [KNKT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/knkt.md) Cherry Point MCAS / Cunningham Field/ · 42 mi / 67 km
- [ILM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kilm.md) Wilmington International Airport · 42 mi / 67 km

## Sources

- [BTS T-100 Segment](https://www.transtats.bts.gov/Tables.asp?QO_VQ=EEE&QO_anzr=Nv4%20Pn44vr45): US traffic: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (Public Domain (US Government))
- [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)
- [Wikipedia: “Albert J. Ellis Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Albert_J._Ellis_Airport&oldid=1364135176), revision of 14 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [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/koaj/data