Asheboro Regional Airport

Asheboro Regional Airport (ICAO: KHBI, FAA LID: HBI) is a city-owned public-use airport located six nautical miles (11 km) southwest of the central business district of Asheboro, a city in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States.[1] It was formerly known as Asheboro Municipal Airport.

Asheboro Regional Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
OwnerCity of Asheboro
ServesAsheboro, North Carolina
Elevation AMSL671 ft / 205 m
Coordinates35°39′16″N 079°53′41″W
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 5,501 1,677 Asphalt
Statistics (2008)
Aircraft operations15,500
Based aircraft45

Although many U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, this facility is assigned HBI by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA[2] (which assigned HBI to Harbour Island in the Bahamas[3]).

Facilities and aircraft

Asheboro Regional Airport covers an area of 454 acres (184 ha) at an elevation of 671 feet (205 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 3/21 with an asphalt surface measuring 5,501 by 100 feet (1,677 x 30 m).[1]

For the 12-month period ending July 7, 2008, the airport had 15,500 aircraft operations, an average of 42 per day: 97% general aviation and 3% military. At that time there were 45 aircraft based at this airport: 78% single-engine, 20% multi-engine and 2% jet.[1]

Plane Pulling up to Get Fuel in Asheboro

References
  1. FAA Airport Form 5010 for HBI PDF. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective 29 July 2010.
  2. "Asheboro Regional, North Carolina (ICAO: KHBI, FAA: HBI)". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  3. "Harbour Island, Bahamas (IATA: HBI)". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 5 August 2010.


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