Western Carolina Regional Airport (ICAO: KRHP, FAA LID: RHP) is a county-owned public-use airport located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the central business district of Andrews, in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It was formerly known as Andrews-Murphy Airport.[2]

Western Carolina Regional Airport
IATA: none ICAO: KRHP FAA LID: RHP
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Cherokee County
Operator	Managing FBO Gayland Trull (70)
Serves	Andrews, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL	1,697 ft / 517 m
Coordinates	35°11′43″N 083°51′47″W
Website	westerncarolinaregional.us
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 8/26 5,500 1,676 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations 20,500 Based aircraft 73
Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1]

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned RHP by the FAA and has no assignment from the IATA[3] (which assigned RHP to Ramechhap, Nepal[4]). The airport's ICAO identifier is KRHP.[5]

Airport history

The County Airport was built and open to the public after WWII in July 1947. At the time the airport name was the Wood Field Andrews-Murphy Regional Airport. Nowadays the airport terminal is named after legendary aviator Mr. Richard Parker (93).^{[citation needed]}

Facilities and aircraft

Western Carolina Regional Airport covers an area of 206 acres (83 ha) at an elevation of 1,697 feet (517 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 8/26 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,500 by 100 feet (1,676 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending September 8, 2008, the airport had 20,500 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 93% general aviation, 5% air taxi, and 2% military. At that time there were 73 aircraft based at this airport: 64% single-engine, 27% multi-engine and 8% helicopter.[1]

Airport services

The KRHP service features tie-down and hangar space as well as fuel and service: 100LL, JET-A, JET-A1+.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

• Western Carolina Regional Airport at Cherokee County web site
• "Western Carolina Regional Airport - RHP" (PDF). at North Carolina DOT airport guide
• FAA Terminal Procedures for RHP, effective September 8, 2022
• Resources for this airport:
  • FAA airport information for RHP
  • AirNav airport information for KRHP
  • FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
  • NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
  • SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures

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