# Lee Creek Airport (NC12)

**Lee Creek Airport** (FAA: NC12) is a small airport in Aurora, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Jul 1967. It has one runway, 5,070 ft (1,545 m) long, asphalt.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc12

## At a glance

- FAA: NC12
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Aurora, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Jul 1967
- Elevation: 3 ft / 1 m
- Coordinates: 35.3896, -76.7847
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 5,070 ft / 1,545 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35274172
- Weather station: KOCW
- Ident: NC12

## Timeline

- Jul 1967: Lee Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 5,070 ft / 1,545 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Asphalt |  | yes |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 5,070 ft / 1,545 m | =6,200 of 29,858 | =2,096 in North America | =1,706 in US |
| Elevation | 3 ft / 1 m | =43,171 of 43,403 | =19,375 in North America | =15,742 in US |
| Age | Opened 1967 | =5,747 of 15,079 | =4,072 in North America | =3,985 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [NC73](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc73.md) Hodges Farm Airport · 19 mi / 31 km
- [OCW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kocw.md) Warren Field · 19 mi / 31 km
- [74NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/74nc.md) Benton Farm Airport · 22 mi / 36 km
- [7NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc7.md) Donald's Air Park Inc. Airport · 24 mi / 39 km
- [NC49](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc49.md) Boyd Field · 25 mi / 40 km
- [EWN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kewn.md) Coastal Carolina Regional Airport · 26 mi / 42 km

## 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/nc12/data