# Lower Creek Airport (NC27)

**Lower Creek Airport** (FAA: NC27) is a small airport in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Jun 1959. It has one runway, 3,200 ft (975 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc27

## At a glance

- FAA: NC27
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Lenoir, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Jun 1959
- Elevation: 1,195 ft / 364 m
- Coordinates: 35.9446, -81.4901
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,200 ft / 975 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35276222
- Weather station: KMRN
- Ident: NC27

## Timeline

- Jun 1959: Lower Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 05/23 | 3,200 ft / 975 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,200 ft / 975 m | =14,838 of 29,858 | =5,849 in North America | =4,906 in US |
| Elevation | 1,195 ft / 364 m | =15,107 of 43,403 | =6,573 in North America | =5,148 in US |
| Age | Opened 1959 | =4,466 of 15,079 | =3,045 in North America | =2,970 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [18NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/18nc.md) Lanni Field · 7.9 mi / 13 km
- [MRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmrn.md) Foothills Regional Airport · 11 mi / 18 km
- [HKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khky.md) Hickory Regional Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [NC2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4nc3.md) Taylorsville Airport · 16 mi / 26 km
- [NR04](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nr04.md) Southern Skies Airstrip · 18 mi / 29 km
- [NC14](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc14.md) Boone Inc Airport · 19 mi / 31 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/nc27/data