Ashe County Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | Ashe County | ||||||||||
Serves | Jefferson, North Carolina | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 3,178 ft / 969 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 36°25′57″N 081°25′11″W / 36.43250°N 81.41972°W | ||||||||||
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Source:
Federal Aviation Administration
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Ashe County Airport ( ICAO: KGEV, FAA LID: GEV) is a county-owned, public-use airport in Ashe County, North Carolina, United States. [1] It is located three nautical miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Jefferson, 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]
Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Ashe County Airport is assigned GEV by the FAA [1] but has no designation from the IATA [3] (which assigned GEV to Gällivare Airport in Gällivare, Sweden). [4] The airport's ICAO identifier is KGEV. [5]
Ashe County Airport covers an area of 106 acres (43 ha) at an elevation of 3,178 feet (969 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 10/28 with an asphalt surface measuring 5001 by 75 feet (1,524 x 23 m). [1]
For the 12-month period ending August 19, 2011, the airport had 10,400 aircraft operations, an average of 28 per day: 95% general aviation and 5% military. At that time there were 32 aircraft based at this airport: 97% single- engine and 3% multi-engine. [1]