Grays Creek Airport
2GC · Fayetteville, North Carolina · Cumberland County · map
Grays Creek Airport is a public-use airport, 9 miles south of Fayetteville, North Carolina, 160 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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What is the airport code for Grays Creek Airport?
Its FAA code is 2GC.
Where is Grays Creek Airport?
It is 9 miles south of Fayetteville, North Carolina, 160 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Grays Creek Airport?
Its one runway, 17/35, is 3,500 feet long, asphalt.
Does Grays Creek Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Grays Creek Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Grays Creek Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Cape Fear Aviation Maintenance LLC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Grays Creek Airport?
5 pilot examiners and 11 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 Grays Creek Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 2GC
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 160 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1989
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,500 × 30 ft | Asphalt, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 17: trees 72 ft high 1,279 ft from the end
- Runway 35: threshold displaced 350 ft, tree 84 ft high 246 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Fayetteville Rgnl/Grannis Field (6 nm north), P K Airpark (19 nm northwest), Lumberton Regional (20 nm southwest), Curtis L Brown JR Field (22 nm southeast).
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
- Provided VFR and all local procedures estabd for aircraft entering Fayetteville reg airport traffic area are adhered to.
- Taxi on the grass apron at a slow speed due to uneven sod surface.
- Non-standard low-intensity runway lights; first 350 feet runway 35 not lighted.
- 14 feet building 169 feet from threshold offset 79 feet L of centerline.
- Lighted thld relctd 350 feet; 3150 feet of runway 17/35 usable at night.
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp approach ratio 4:1 to displaced thld.
- Runway 35 approach also has 40 feet unmkd power line 800 feet from displaced thld on centerline extdd.
- Exer ctn with night landing due to nonstandard lighting offset from pvmt giving perception runway wider.
- Runway 17 nonstandard end lights displaced 122 feet from end.
- Ctn act fit training day and night - enter/exit runway only on south end. Stay on runway surface when turning around to back taxi.
- Wildlife in vicinity of airport.
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 Fayetteville from the FAA register
86 aircraft are registered to owners in Fayetteville, North Carolina: 73 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 2 turboprops, 2 business jets, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Fuel and service companies in Fayetteville, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
- All American Aviation Services INC
- Cape Fear Aviation Services LLC Cape Fear Aviation Flight Training is a flight school at Gray's Creek Airport in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
- M&K Aviation Services LLC
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Cape Fear Aviation Maintenance LLC 13 aircraft · Fayetteville, 7 miles away Cape Fear Aviation Flight Training is a flight school based at Gray's Creek Airport in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Repair stations in Fayetteville:
- Centurion Aviation Services Centurion Aviation Services is a repair station located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, holding an FAA Part 145 certificate for aircraft maintenance and repair services.
- Frederick M. Powell Powell Avionics is a repair station at Fayetteville Regional Airport in North Carolina that provides avionics installation and upgrades, custom aircraft panel design and fabrication, general aircraft maintenance and repair, and FAA certific
- Sierra Nevada Company, LLC.
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
5 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 4 for private pilot, 4 for commercial and instrument, 1 for airline transport pilot, 4 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot; 4 for airplanes, 2 for multi-engine airplanes. Also nearby: 2 sport aviation examiners, 11 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 parachute rigger examiners.
- Elayne M Humphrey private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes · Grays Creek Airport · Fayetteville, NC (6 nm) · (910) 224-8312 · [email protected]
- Stephen Lynn Henderson instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Lumberton Regional Airport · Lumberton, NC (20 nm) · (360) 904-9078 · [email protected]
- Jay Lindsey Nabors private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · FBO · Sanford, NC (43 nm) · (919) 740-0299 · [email protected]
- Adam Everett Walters private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smithfield, NC (45 nm) · (803) 493-9125 · [email protected]
- Charles Ray Walters private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Smithfield, NC (45 nm) · (919) 369-2683 · [email protected]
All 23 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- 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).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
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 · 3 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 Fayetteville 86 aircraft · 73 piston singles, 7 piston twins, 2 turboprops
- Cape Fear Aviation Maintenance LLC 13 aircraft in town
- All American Aviation Services INC 6 aircraft in town
- Rr&D LP 2 aircraft in town
- Dk1 Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- All American Aviation Services INC 7 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Cape Fear Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- M&K Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Cape Fear Aviation Maintenance LLC 13 aircraft · flight school
- Centurion Aviation Services · repair station
- Frederick M. Powell · repair station
- Sierra Nevada Company, LLC. · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 304 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 7,125 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/2GC.json.
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 26, 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.