Maxwell Airport
3NC7 · Sparta, North Carolina · Alleghany County · map
Maxwell Airport is a private airport, 1 mile northwest of Sparta, North Carolina, 3,050 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 1,300 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 3NC7
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 3,050 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1984
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 1,300 × 60 ft | Grass |
Aircraft registered in Sparta from the FAA register
10 aircraft are registered to owners in Sparta, North Carolina: 7 piston singles, 2 balloons, 1 piston twin. 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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- VFR, psnal use only.
- All landings to the north; takeoffs to the south.
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.