# Moore County Airport (SOP / KSOP)

**Moore County Airport** (IATA: SOP, ICAO: KSOP) is a small airport in Carthage, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Sep 1937. It has one runway, 6,503 ft (1,982 m) long, asphalt.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SOP / KSOP
- FAA: SOP
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Carthage, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Sep 1937
- Elevation: 459 ft / 140 m
- Coordinates: 35.2372, -79.3894
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 6,503 ft / 1,982 m
- Instrument procedures: 4 approaches
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Website: http://www.moorecountyairport.com/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore_County_Airport_(North_Carolina) (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3612301
- Weather station: KSOP
- Ident: KSOP

## Timeline

- Sep 1937: Moore County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 6,503 ft / 1,982 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Asphalt | 046° / 226° | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 6,503 ft / 1,982 m | =4,056 of 29,858 | =993 in North America | =752 in US |
| Elevation | 459 ft / 140 m | =27,875 of 43,403 | =13,247 in North America | =11,097 in US |
| Age | Opened 1937 | =703 of 15,079 | =141 in North America | =123 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 | FAYETTEVILLE APP/DEP | 127.800 |
| AWOS | AWOS 3 | 127.575 |
| CLD | FAYETTEVILLE CLNCDEL | 127.000 |
| UNIC | CTAF/UNICOM | 123.050 |

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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/ksop/data