# Alexander County Airport (NC59)

**Alexander County Airport** (FAA: NC59) is a small airport in Taylorsville, North Carolina, United States. It opened in May 1975. It has one runway, 2,700 ft (823 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc59

## At a glance

- FAA: NC59
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Taylorsville, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: May 1975
- Elevation: 1,110 ft / 338 m
- Coordinates: 35.8507, -81.1440
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,700 ft / 823 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34956384
- Weather station: KSVH
- Ident: NC59

## Timeline

- May 1975: Alexander County Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,700 ft / 823 m | 50 ft / 15 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,700 ft / 823 m | =18,324 of 29,858 | =7,834 in North America | =6,652 in US |
| Elevation | 1,110 ft / 338 m | =16,075 of 43,403 | =7,046 in North America | =5,568 in US |
| Age | Opened 1975 | =7,193 of 15,079 | =5,271 in North America | =5,177 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

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- [NC58](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc58.md) Gryder-Teague Airport · 4.9 mi / 7.9 km
- [3NC5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3nc5.md) Flying Bj Airport · 4.9 mi / 7.9 km
- [NC2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4nc3.md) Taylorsville Airport · 6.3 mi / 10 km
- [NR04](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nr04.md) Southern Skies Airstrip · 7.7 mi / 12 km
- [NC15](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc15.md) Raeford Rhyne Airpark · 12 mi / 19 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/nc59/data