Goose Creek Airport
28A · Indian Trail, North Carolina · Union County · map
Goose Creek Airport is a public-use airport owned by Loco Panther Aviation, LLC, 6 miles northeast of Indian Trail, North Carolina, 565 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,350 feet of asphalt.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Goose Creek Airport?
Its FAA code is 28A.
Where is Goose Creek Airport?
It is 6 miles northeast of Indian Trail, North Carolina, 565 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Goose Creek Airport?
Its one runway, 04/22, is 2,350 feet long, asphalt.
Does Goose Creek Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Goose Creek Airport?
2 flight schools, flying clubs or college flight programmes are based within about 15 miles of it: Aerowood Aviation LLC and Five Boys Flight Training LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Goose Creek Airport?
12 pilot examiners and 15 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Goose Creek Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 28A
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Loco Panther Aviation, LLC
- Elevation
- 565 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 535 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irreg
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 1970
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,350 × 35 ft | Asphalt, fair | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 04: threshold displaced 122 ft, trees 63 ft high 353 ft from the end
- Runway 22: trees 37 ft high 253 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales, aerial surveying
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Charlotte/Monroe Executive (6 nm south), Concord-Padgett Regional (17 nm north), Charlotte/Douglas International (19 nm west), Rock Hill/York County/Bryant Field (24 nm west).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Charlotte/Monroe Executive (6 nm south), Concord-Padgett Regional (17 nm north), Charlotte/Douglas International (19 nm west), Rock Hill/York County/Bryant Field (24 nm west).
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
- VFR operations only.
- Birds and wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Pattern altitude: 535 feet above ground level ultralights, 1035 feet above ground level all otr aircraft.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights; no threshold lights.
- 8 feet hill 80-160 feet from threshold offset 90 feet left of centerline; and 10 feet gravel path 0-200 feet from threshold offset 30 feet right of centerline.
- 41 feet trees 150-200 feet from threshold offset 110 feet right of centerline; 20 feet trees 132 feet from threshold offset 7 feet left of centerline; and 7 feet trash pile 122 feet from threshold offset 75 feet right of centerline.
- Runway 04 - night landings not authorized.
- R traffic for ultralights only.
- R traffic for ultralights only.
- Approach ratio 7:1 to displaced threshold.
- Nmrs obstruction (trees, buildings, vehicles, parked aircraft and landscape poles) in pri surface 65 feet from runway centerline.
- Numerous unmarked and unlighted obstruction in both approaches.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Indian Trail from the FAA register
18 aircraft are registered to owners in Indian Trail, North Carolina: 14 piston singles, 2 drones, 2 business jets. 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Aerowood Aviation LLC 15 aircraft · Monroe, 7 miles away Aerowood Aviation is a flight school and aircraft rental operator based in the Charlotte, North Carolina area with locations in Monroe and Concord.
- Five Boys Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · Matthews, 7 miles away
Repair stations in Indian Trail:
- Icon Aerospace LLC Icon Aerospace is an FAA and EASA approved repair station specializing in testing, repair, and overhaul of aircraft components including avionics, instruments, electronics, and accessories.
- Velocity Aerospace INC
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
12 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 11 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 15 aviation medical examiners, 1 mechanic examiner, 2 engineering representatives, 9 training center evaluators, 40 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners.
- Ronald Leo Horton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · AEROWOOD AVIATION · Monroe, NC (6 nm) · (704) 519-6746 · [email protected]
- Brian Lee Mott commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fort Mill, SC (16 nm) · (610) 698-3557 · [email protected]
- Guenter Trautmann private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Indian Land, SC (16 nm) · (803) 818-0626 · [email protected]
- Timothy Standard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fort Mill, SC (16 nm) · (706) 836-0442 · [email protected]
- Adam Rosenberg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Concord, NC (17 nm) · (516) 567-4828 · [email protected]
- Craig Varnum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Concord, NC (17 nm) · (704) 724-3655 · [email protected]
- Darrin Murphy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Concord-Padgett Regional Airport KJQF · Concord, NC (17 nm) · (803) 526-1153 · [email protected]
- Melissa Curtis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Rock Hill-York County Airport · Rock Hill, SC (24 nm) · (757) 435-7865 · [email protected]
All 81 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 19 since 1982, 1 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 Indian Trail 18 aircraft · 14 piston singles, 2 drones, 2 business jets
- Aerowood Aviation LLC 15 aircraft · flight school
- Five Boys Flight Training LLC 1 aircraft · flight school
- Icon Aerospace LLC · repair station
- Velocity Aerospace INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 19 since 1982 · 1 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 7,120 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/28A.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 29, 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.