# Cox Airport (NC81)

**Cox Airport** (FAA: NC81) is a small airport in Apex, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Feb 1979. It has one runway, 2,450 ft (747 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc81

## At a glance

- FAA: NC81
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Apex, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Feb 1979
- Elevation: 455 ft / 139 m
- Coordinates: 35.7518, -78.8597
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,450 ft / 747 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35250719
- Weather station: KRDU · WMO 72306
- Ident: NC81

## Timeline

- Feb 1979: Cox Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 09/27 | 2,450 ft / 747 m | 75 ft / 23 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,450 ft / 747 m | =21,251 of 29,858 | =9,632 in North America | =8,322 in US |
| Elevation | 455 ft / 139 m | =27,961 of 43,403 | =13,265 in North America | =11,111 in US |
| Age | Opened 1979 | =7,894 of 15,079 | =5,873 in North America | =5,773 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [NC11](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc11.md) Deck Airpark · 3.7 mi / 6.0 km
- [RDU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/krdu.md) Raleigh-Durham International Airport · 9.7 mi / 16 km
- [5W5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/k5w5.md) Triple W Airport · 13 mi / 21 km
- [NC99](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc99.md) Bagwell Airport · 15 mi / 24 km
- [3NC9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3nc9.md) Womble Field · 15 mi / 25 km
- [78NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/78nc.md) Fuquay Airport / Angier Field · 16 mi / 25 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/nc81/data