Macon County
1A5 · Franklin, North Carolina · Macon County · map
Macon County is a public-use airport owned by Macon County Airport Authority, 3 miles northwest of Franklin, North Carolina, 2,034 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 1A5
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Macon County Airport Authority
- Elevation
- 2,034 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 780 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 5,002 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 88 ft high 687 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, two lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, trees 13 ft high 266 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| 1A5 AWOS-3P | 118.225 | |
| Mount Oglethorpe Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 828-349-3156.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Franklin from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Franklin, North Carolina: 19 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 business jets, 1 turboprop. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 12 since 1982, 3 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Airport beacon located 3/4 MI southeast of airport.
- PAPI runway 07 and 25; medium-intensity runway lights runway 07/25 on dusk - dawn. To incr intst - the common traffic frequency.
- Afld service available 8:00 am to 6:30 pm excld holidays.
- 100LL and jet a 24 hour SELF-SVC with credit card.
- Runway 25 8 feet fence 159 feet from end of threshold offset 134 feet rite of centerline and 11 to 18 feet brush 0 to 200 feet from threshold offset 84 feet L of centerline.
- PAPI runway 7 out of service indefinitely.
- PAPI runway 25 out of service indefinitely.
- Rpdly rsg trrn all quads.
- Runway 25 has a 15 feet DROP-OFF 350 feet from threshold L and R.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -11C.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.