Rocky Mount–Wilson Regional Airport is a public
airport
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located southwest of the
central business district
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of
Rocky Mount, a city located in
Nash and
Edgecombe Counties in the
U.S. state
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of
North Carolina
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. It is also north of
Wilson, a city in
Wilson County. The airport is owned by the Rocky Mount–Wilson Airport Authority.
History
The city of Rocky Mount was first served through an airfield less than a mile north of the city, code RMT, until 1970 when commercial air service was moved to the current airfield, RWI, located in between the cities of Rocky Mount and Wilson.
Piedmont Airlines
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served RMT from 1961 to 1970 and RWI from 1970 to 1980.
CCAir, operating as
US Airways Express
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, later provided scheduled service to RWI, but traffic fell after the arrival of
Southwest Airlines
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at nearby
Raleigh-Durham International Airport
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(RDU) in 1999, which made flights from RDU relatively inexpensive. The US Airways Express service was suspended in March 2001 and replaced with shuttle bus service to RDU.
Facilities and aircraft
Rocky Mount–Wilson Regional Airport covers an area of which contains one
asphalt
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paved
runway
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(4/22) measuring .
For the 12-month period ending March 31, 2017, the airport had 29,810 aircraft operations, an average of 82 per day: 94%
general aviation
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, 4%
air taxi
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History
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, 2% military and <1% scheduled commercial. There was at the time 41 aircraft based at this airport: 27 single engine, 7 multi-engine, 4 jet, 2 helicopter, and 1 glider.
Airlines and destinations
There are currently no commercial or cargo flights operating at RWI.
See also
*
List of airports in North Carolina
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References
External links
* at
North Carolina DOT
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History
The North Carolina ...
airport guide
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Airports in North Carolina
Transportation in Nash County, North Carolina
Buildings and structures in Nash County, North Carolina
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