Whitfield'S East Airport
23NR · Fairfield, North Carolina · Hyde County · map
Whitfield'S East Airport is a private airport, 2 miles south of Fairfield, North Carolina, 1 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 08/26, is 3,300 feet of asphalt and grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 23NR
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- June 2009
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,300 × 23 ft | Asphalt and grass |
- Runway 08: tree 60 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 26: power line 60 ft high 300 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Also here
- crop spraying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Plymouth Municipal (30 nm northwest), Northeastern Regional (32 nm northwest), Dare County Regional (34 nm northeast), Washington-Warren Airport (40 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Hyde County (14 nm east), Plymouth Municipal (30 nm northwest), Northeastern Regional (32 nm northwest), Dare County Regional (34 nm northeast).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in North Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Heavy agricultural aircraft operations and U. south. Forest service helicopter operations.
- Runway 08 first 800 feet grass, runway 26 first 2500 feet asphalt.
- Deer/migratory birds ocnlly on airport.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Fairfield from the FAA register
12 aircraft are registered to owners in Fairfield, North Carolina: 4 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 helicopters, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 2 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Fairfield 12 aircraft · 4 piston singles, 3 turboprops, 3 helicopters
- Little Gator Aviation INC 3 aircraft in town
- Tim Whitfield Aviation INC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 2 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 303 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Carolina 106 landing places
- North Carolina 7,117 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/23NR.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 30, 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.