# Safe Field (NC48)

**Safe Field** (FAA: NC48) is a small airport in Wallace, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Nov 1989. It has one runway, 3,000 ft (914 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc48

## At a glance

- FAA: NC48
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Wallace, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Nov 1989
- Elevation: 50 ft / 15 m
- Coordinates: 34.7502, -78.0600
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,000 ft / 914 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61670239
- Weather station: KDPL
- Ident: NC48

## Timeline

- Nov 1989: Safe Field opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 3,000 ft / 914 m | 70 ft / 21 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,000 ft / 914 m | =15,843 of 29,858 | =6,443 in North America | =5,447 in US |
| Elevation | 50 ft / 15 m | =39,196 of 43,403 | =17,762 in North America | =14,683 in US |
| Age | Opened 1989 | =9,515 of 15,079 | =7,305 in North America | =7,195 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [KACZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kacz.md) Henderson Field · 3.9 mi / 6.3 km
- [US-8901](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-8901.md) Blue Ridge Airfield · 13 mi / 22 km
- [US-9253](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-9253.md) Highsmith Airport · 15 mi / 25 km
- [NC65](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc65.md) Yonder Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [KDPL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kdpl.md) Duplin County Airport · 18 mi / 29 km
- [7NC1](https://dromopedia.com/airports/7nc1.md) Stag Air Park · 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/nc48/data