# Dirt Dobber's Grass Strip (NC97)

**Dirt Dobber's Grass Strip** (FAA: NC97) is a small airport in Shelby, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Feb 2005. It has one runway, 1,600 ft (488 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc97

## At a glance

- FAA: NC97
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Shelby, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Feb 2005
- Elevation: 930 ft / 284 m
- Coordinates: 35.3689, -81.5225
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,600 ft / 488 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35252541
- Weather station: KEHO
- Ident: NC97

## Timeline

- Feb 2005: Dirt Dobber's Grass Strip opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 08/26 | 1,600 ft / 488 m | 100 ft / 31 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,600 ft / 488 m | =27,382 of 29,858 | =13,715 in North America | =12,194 in US |
| Elevation | 930 ft / 284 m | =18,895 of 43,403 | =8,550 in North America | =6,908 in US |
| Age | Opened 2005 | =12,076 of 15,079 | =9,601 in North America | =9,472 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [US-5825](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-5825.md) Cleveland Airport · 5.9 mi / 9.6 km
- [US-6990](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6990.md) Laughing Crow Airpark · 6.8 mi / 11 km
- [1NC9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1nc9.md) Northbrook International Ultraport Ultralightport · 7.8 mi / 13 km
- [KEHO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/keho.md) Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport · 9.0 mi / 14 km
- [US-6991](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6991.md) Rebel Air Field · 10 mi / 16 km
- [US-6993](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6993.md) Duncan Airport · 13 mi / 21 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/nc97/data