# Carowinds Heliport (NC55)

**Carowinds Heliport** (FAA: NC55) is a heliport in Pineville, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Jul 1974.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc55

## At a glance

- FAA: NC55
- Type: Heliport
- Serves: Pineville, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Jul 1974
- Elevation: 640 ft / 195 m
- Coordinates: 35.1028, -80.9539
- Helipads: 1
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61670148
- Weather station: KCLT · WMO 72314
- Ident: NC55

## Timeline

- Jul 1974: Carowinds Heliport opens.

## Helipads

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| H1 | 400 ft / 122 m | 200 ft / 61 m | Grass |  |  |

## Nearby airports

- [CLT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kclt.md) Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 7.7 mi / 12 km
- [USA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kjqf.md) Concord-Padgett Regional Airport · 24 mi / 39 km
- [HKY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/khky.md) Hickory Regional Airport · 50 mi / 81 km
- [GSP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgsp.md) Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport · 73 mi / 118 km
- [CUB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kcub.md) Jim Hamilton L.B. Owens Airport · 78 mi / 126 km
- [GMU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/kgmu.md) Greenville Downtown Airport · 81 mi / 130 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/nc55/data