Charlotte–Monroe Executive Airport is a public use
airport located five nautical miles (9 km) northwest of the
central business district
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of
Monroe, a city in
Union County,
North Carolina,
United States. It is owned by the City of Monroe and was formerly known as Monroe Regional Airport.
According to the FAA's
National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems
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It identifies existing and proposed airports tha ...
for 2009–2013, it is a ''
reliever airport'' for
Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
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.
Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter
location identifier for the
FAA and
IATA
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, this airport is assigned EQY by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.
Facilities and aircraft
Charlotte–Monroe Executive Airport covers an area of at an
elevation of 683 feet (208 m) above
mean sea level. It has one
runway designated 5/23 with an
asphalt surface measuring 7,001 by 100 feet (2,134 x 30 m).
For the 12-month period ending September 4, 2021, the airport had 56,100 aircraft operations, an average of 154 per day: 91%
general aviation, 7%
air taxi, and 1%
military. At that time there were 122 aircraft based at this airport: 105 single-
engine, 10 multi-engine, and 7
jet
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.
As of October 18, 2007, the City of Monroe was requesting funding from state and federal sources for $25 million in improvements to Monroe Regional Airport. These improvements, to be finished by the summer of 2009, included extending the runway to up to 7500 feet, adding more hangars, and expanding the terminal.
See also
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List of airports in North Carolina
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References
External links
Airport Website* at
North Carolina DOT airport guide
Aerial photo as of March 1998from
USGS ''
The National Map''
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Airports in North Carolina
Transportation in Union County, North Carolina
Buildings and structures in Union County, North Carolina