# Silver Creek Airport (NC52)

**Silver Creek Airport** (FAA: NC52) is a small airport in Morganton, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Aug 1964. It has one runway, 3,600 ft (1,097 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc52

## At a glance

- FAA: NC52
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Morganton, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Aug 1964
- Elevation: 1,020 ft / 311 m
- Coordinates: 35.7285, -81.7290
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 3,600 ft / 1,097 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35302312
- Weather station: KMRN
- Ident: NC52

## Timeline

- Aug 1964: Silver Creek Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 3,600 ft / 1,097 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 3,600 ft / 1,097 m | =12,198 of 29,858 | =4,764 in North America | =3,992 in US |
| Elevation | 1,020 ft / 311 m | =17,327 of 43,403 | =7,705 in North America | =6,151 in US |
| Age | Opened 1964 | =5,263 of 15,079 | =3,671 in North America | =3,589 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [3NC0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3nc0.md) Clyde Valley Airport · 2.8 mi / 4.5 km
- [MRN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kmrn.md) Foothills Regional Airport · 9.1 mi / 15 km
- [6NR6](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6nr6.md) Patton Valley Airport · 9.3 mi / 15 km
- [18NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/18nc.md) Lanni Field · 13 mi / 21 km
- [9A9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/9a9.md) Shiflet Field · 16 mi / 25 km
- [HKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khky.md) Hickory Regional 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/nc52/data