Columbus County Municipal Airport (ICAO: KCPC, FAA LID: CPC) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It is located three nautical miles (6 km) south of the central business district of Whiteville, North Carolina.[1] This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Columbus County Municipal Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Columbus County | ||||||||||
Serves | Whiteville, North Carolina | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 99 ft / 30 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°16′22″N 078°42′54″W | ||||||||||
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![]() ![]() CPC Location of airport in North Carolina | |||||||||||
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Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] |
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this airport is assigned CPC by the FAA[1] but has no designation from the IATA[3] (which assigned CPC to Chapelco Airport in San Martín de los Andes, Neuquén Province, Argentina).[4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KCPC.[5]
Columbus County Municipal Airport covers an area of 300 acres (121 ha) at an elevation of 99 feet (30 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 75 feet (1,676 x 23 m).[1]
For the 12-month period ending March 17, 2012, the airport had 16,700 aircraft operations, an average of 45 per day: 81% general aviation, 13% air taxi, and 6% military. At that time there were 27 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 4% multi-engine, and 19% helicopter.[1]
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