Jackson County
24A · Sylva, North Carolina · Jackson County · map
Jackson County is a public-use airport owned by Jackson CO Arpt Authority, 3 miles southeast of Sylva, North Carolina, 2,857 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 15/33, is 3,210 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 24A
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Jackson CO Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 2,857 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1978
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,210 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 15: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 15 ft high 253 ft from the end
- Runway 33: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 150 ft, trees 15 ft high 254 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| 24A AWOS-3PT | 118.9 | |
| Mount Oglethorpe Center (remote transmitter) Low | 134.8 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 828-631-3389.
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 Sylva from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Sylva, North Carolina: 8 piston singles, 2 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 6 since 1982, 2 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
- Aft sunset activate runway end identifier lights runway 33; PAPI runway 15 and 33; medium-intensity runway lights runway 15/33 - the common traffic frequency.
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- NOTAM in effect - out of service indefinitely.
- Unusable beyond 8 degrees L of centerline.
- Dspld thld slp 13:1.
- Mtn haz red beacon lights located on mtn range approx 1.7 miles ssw of airport - lights open unrelbl.
- Runway 15 300 feet DROP-OFF 300 feet from thld both sides and 90 feet L/R of centerline alg runway.
- Runway 33 300 feet DROP-OFF 200 feet from thld 50 feet L of centerline.
- Rpdly rsg trrn all quads.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -13C.
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.