# Elk River Airport (NC06)

**Elk River Airport** (FAA: NC06) is a small airport in Banner Elk, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Aug 1969. It has one runway, 4,600 ft (1,402 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc06

## At a glance

- FAA: NC06
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Banner Elk, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Aug 1969
- Elevation: 3,468 ft / 1,057 m
- Coordinates: 36.1605, -81.8948
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 4,600 ft / 1,402 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_River_Airport (2 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35254545
- Weather station: KTNB
- Ident: NC06

## Timeline

- Aug 1969: Elk River Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 4,600 ft / 1,402 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 4,600 ft / 1,402 m | =7,734 of 29,858 | =2,945 in North America | =2,426 in US |
| Elevation | 3,468 ft / 1,057 m | =4,429 of 43,403 | =2,307 in North America | =1,801 in US |
| Age | Opened 1969 | =6,015 of 15,079 | =4,280 in North America | =4,191 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 122.975 |

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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/nc06/data