Macon County Airport is a public use

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Macon County, North Carolina Macon County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,014. Its county seat is Franklin. The Nantahala River runs through Macon County, flowing into the Little Tennessee River in Sw ...

, United States. Owned by the Macon County Airport Authority, it is located three

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s (6 km) northwest of

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Franklin, North Carolina Franklin is a town in and the county seat of Macon County, North Carolina, United States. It is situated within the Nantahala National Forest. The population was reported to be 4,175 in the 2020 census, an increase from the total of 3,845 tabula ...

, in the Iotla Valley of the

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. This airport is included in the

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for 2017–2021, which categorized it as a ''

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'' facility.

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Macon County Airport covers an area of 110

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s (45 ha) at an

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of 2,020 feet (616 m) above

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. It has one

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designated 7/25 with an

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surface measuring 5,000 by 100 feet (1,524 x 30 m). For the 12-month period ending March 9, 2015, the airport had 12,250 aircraft operations, an average of 34 per day: 98%

and 2%

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. In January 2017, there were 18 aircraft based at this airport: 15 single-engine and three multi-engine.

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Facilities and aircraft

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