# Western Carolina Regional Airport (KRHP)

**Western Carolina Regional Airport** (ICAO: KRHP) is a medium airport in Andrews, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Jul 1947. It has one runway, 5,500 ft (1,676 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / KRHP
- FAA: RHP
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Andrews, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Jul 1947
- Elevation: 1,699 ft / 518 m
- Coordinates: 35.1952, -83.8630
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,500 ft / 1,676 m
- Instrument procedures: 1 approach
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.westerncarolinaregional.us
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Carolina_Regional_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7987690
- Weather station: KRHP
- Ident: KRHP

## Timeline

- Jul 1947: Western Carolina Regional Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Asphalt | 071° / 251° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,500 ft / 1,676 m | =5,417 of 29,858 | =1,676 in North America | =1,334 in US |
| Elevation | 1,699 ft / 518 m | #10,598 of 43,403 | #4,651 in North America | #3,508 in US |
| Age | Opened 1947 | =2,942 of 15,079 | =1,856 in North America | =1,803 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 119.675 |
| CNTR | ATLANTA CNTR | 134.800 |
| 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/krhp/data