# Southern Skies Airstrip (NR04)

**Southern Skies Airstrip** (FAA: NR04) is a small airport in Taylorsville, North Carolina, United States. It opened in Apr 2007. It has 2 runways; the longest is 1,600 ft (488 m).

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/nr04

## At a glance

- FAA: NR04
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Taylorsville, North Carolina, United States
- Opened: Apr 2007
- Elevation: 1,180 ft / 360 m
- Coordinates: 35.9603, -81.1731
- Runways: 2
- Longest runway: 1,600 ft / 488 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35305028
- Weather station: KUKF
- Ident: NR04

## Timeline

- Apr 2007: Southern Skies Airstrip opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 07/25 | 1,600 ft / 488 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Grass |  |  |
| 02/20 | 1,100 ft / 335 m | 60 ft / 18 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 | 1,180 ft / 360 m | =15,299 of 43,403 | =6,650 in North America | =5,216 in US |
| Age | Opened 2007 | =12,369 of 15,079 | =9,849 in North America | =9,715 in US |
| Runways | 2 | =715 of 29,978 | =435 in North America | =391 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [NC2](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4nc3.md) Taylorsville Airport · 2.4 mi / 3.9 km
- [NC58](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc58.md) Gryder-Teague Airport · 4.2 mi / 6.7 km
- [6NC4](https://dromopedia.com/airports/6nc4.md) Brown Airport · 4.2 mi / 6.8 km
- [NC59](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc59.md) Alexander County Airport · 7.7 mi / 12 km
- [NC15](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nc15.md) Raeford Rhyne Airpark · 11 mi / 17 km
- [3NC5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/3nc5.md) Flying Bj Airport · 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/nr04/data