# Piney Ridge Airport (NC42)

**Piney Ridge Airport** (FAA: NC42) is a small airport in Yadkinville, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Feb 1990. It has one runway, 1,700 ft (518 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc42

## At a glance

- FAA: NC42
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Yadkinville, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Feb 1990
- Elevation: 960 ft / 293 m
- Coordinates: 36.0721, -80.6998
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,700 ft / 518 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35289428
- Weather station: KUKF
- Ident: NC42

## Timeline

- Feb 1990: Piney Ridge Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 18/36 | 1,700 ft / 518 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,700 ft / 518 m | =26,806 of 29,858 | =13,427 in North America | =11,917 in US |
| Elevation | 960 ft / 293 m | =18,382 of 43,403 | =8,254 in North America | =6,636 in US |
| Age | Opened 1990 | =9,671 of 15,079 | =7,452 in North America | =7,341 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

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- [75NR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/75nr.md) Hamptonville Airport · 5.2 mi / 8.3 km
- [89NR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/89nr.md) Georgia Road Field · 7.3 mi / 12 km
- [3NC1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3nc1.md) Welborn Farm Airport · 9.5 mi / 15 km
- [26NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/26nc.md) Boonville Airport · 10 mi / 17 km
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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/nc42/data