# Stieger Field (NC78)

**Stieger Field** (FAA: NC78) is a small airport in Hickory, North Carolina, United States. It has one runway, 1,014 ft (309 m) long, grass.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-1001

## At a glance

- FAA: NC78
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: Hickory, North Carolina, United States
- Elevation: 1,070 ft / 326 m
- Coordinates: 35.5749, -81.4276
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,014 ft / 309 m
- Time zone: UTC-5/-4 · America/New_York
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61670018
- Weather station: KHKY · WMO 72301
- Ident: US-1001

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 17/35 | 1,014 ft / 309 m | 41 ft / 13 m | Grass |  |  |

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,014 ft / 309 m | #29,372 of 29,858 | #15,144 in North America | #13,598 in US |
| Elevation | 1,070 ft / 326 m | =16,612 of 43,403 | =7,312 in North America | =5,800 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [36NC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-4189.md) Fly Sky Airport · 6.0 mi / 9.7 km
- [US-6991](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6991.md) Rebel Air Field · 6.3 mi / 10 km
- [E40](https://dromopedia.com/airports/e40.md) Wilson's Airport · 6.5 mi / 11 km
- [US-6993](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6993.md) Duncan Airport · 7.3 mi / 12 km
- [US-6994](https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-6994.md) Jeffords Airport · 8.2 mi / 13 km
- [1NC9](https://dromopedia.com/airports/1nc9.md) Northbrook International Ultraport Ultralightport · 8.6 mi / 14 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/us-1001/data