# Tusquitee Heliport (NC53)

**Tusquitee Heliport** (FAA: NC53) is a heliport in Murphy, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Sep 1975.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc53

## At a glance

- FAA: NC53
- Type: Heliport
- Serves: Murphy, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Sep 1975
- Elevation: 1,528 ft / 466 m
- Coordinates: 35.0793, -84.0249
- Helipads: 1
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35313602
- Weather station: KRHP
- Ident: NC53

## Timeline

- Sep 1975: Tusquitee Heliport opens.

## Helipads

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H1 | 150 ft / 46 m | 150 ft / 46 m | Concrete |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [KRHP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krhp.md) Western Carolina Regional Airport · 12 mi / 20 km
- [TYS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ktys.md) McGhee Tyson Airport · 51 mi / 81 km
- [CHA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcha.md) Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (Lovell Field) · 67 mi / 107 km
- [KRYY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kryy.md) Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field · 81 mi / 130 km
- [RMG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krmg.md) Richard B Russell Airport · 82 mi / 131 km
- [PDK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kpdk.md) DeKalb Peachtree Airport · 85 mi / 136 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/nc53/data