avia.wikisort.org - AerodromeFirst Flight Airport (IATA: FFA, ICAO: KFFA, FAA LID: FFA) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west of the central business district of Kill Devil Hills, a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States.[1] The airport is owned by the U.S. National Park Service.[1] It is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a general aviation facility.[2]
Public use airport in North Carolina, U.S.
The airport itself is famous for being the site of hundreds of pre-flight gliding experiments carried out by the Wright brothers. The Wright Brothers National Memorial, located atop nearby Kill Devil Hill, is a 60-foot granite pylon paying homage to the Wright Brothers and the first sustained heavier-than-air flight.[3] The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission also chose the airport as one of the stops for the National Air Tour 2003.[4]
History
On December 17, 1903, the first successful powered heavier-than-air aircraft flight occurred here, conducted by the Wright brothers.
Facilities and aircraft
First Flight Airport covers an area of 40 acres (16 ha) at an elevation of 13 feet (4 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,000 by 60 feet (914 x 18 m). For the 12-month period ending April 18, 2018, the airport had 37,500 aircraft operations, an average of about 103 per day: 99% general aviation and 1% military.[1]
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Lighthouses | |
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Protected areas |
- National Seashores
- Cape Hatteras National Seashore
- Cape Lookout National Seashore
- Wildlife Refuges
- Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
- Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
- Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
- State Parks
- False Cape State Park
- Jockey's Ridge State Park
- State Coastal Reserves
- Kitty Hawk Woods
- Buxton Woods
- Other
- Mountains-to-Sea Trail
- North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
- Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
- Wright Brothers National Memorial
- Currituck Banks North Carolina National Estuarine Research Reserve
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Transportation |
- Routes
- North Carolina Highway 12
- North Carolina Highway 45
- U.S. Highway 64
- U.S. Highway 64 Bypass
- U.S. Highway 158
- North Carolina Highway 345
- North Carolina Highway 400
- North Carolina Highway 615
- Historic Albemarle Tour
- North Carolina Ferry System
- Bridges
- Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge
- Marc Basnight Bridge
- Herbert C. Bonner Bridge
- Wright Memorial Bridge
- William B. Umstead Bridge
- Washington Baum Bridge
- Melvin R. Daniels Bridge
- Rodanthe Bridge
- Mid-Currituck Bridge
- Captain Richard Etheridge Bridge
- Airports
- Dare County Regional Airport
- First Flight Airport
- Billy Mitchell Airport
- Ocracoke Island Airport
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History |
- Pea Island Life-Saving Station
- Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
- Roanoke Colony
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First Flight Airport (code IATA : FFA • code OACI : KFFA • code FAA : FFA) est un aéroport public situé à un mille marin (1,852 km) à l’ouest du quartier des affaires de Kill Devil Hills, une ville du comté de Dare en Caroline du Nord, aux États-Unis. L’aéroport appartient au service des parcs nationaux des États-Unis. Il est inclus dans le Plan national des systèmes aéroportuaires intégrés pour 2011-2015, qui le classe comme une installation d'aviation générale[1] .
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