Bahnson
43NC · Mocksville, North Carolina · Davie County · map
Bahnson is a private gliderport, 7 miles northeast of Mocksville, North Carolina, 810 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 01/19, is 3,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The gliderport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 43NC
- Kind
- Gliderport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 810 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2000
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,000 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 19: right-hand traffic pattern
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Also here
- gliders, glider towing
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Smith Reynolds Airport (16 nm northeast), Davidson County Executive (18 nm southeast), Elkin Municipal (20 nm northwest), Mid-Carolina Regional (23 nm south).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Twin Lakes Airport (7 nm southeast), Smith Reynolds Airport (16 nm northeast), Davidson County Executive (18 nm southeast), Elkin Municipal (20 nm northwest).
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, pvt use, runway orientation to be 01/19, traffic pattern west of airport.
- Much of field is unusable in jan/feb due to lack of water drainage.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Mocksville from the FAA register
25 aircraft are registered to owners in Mocksville, North Carolina: 19 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. Not every one of them is based at this gliderport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this gliderport 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
Repair stations in Mocksville:
- Dunlop Aircraft Tyres INC Dunlop Aircraft Tyres manufactures and retreads aircraft tires for commercial, cargo, passenger, and military aviation.
Companies in the same town as this gliderport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this gliderport
Accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport NTSB records · 4 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 gliderport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Mocksville 25 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters
- Dunlop Aircraft Tyres INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this gliderport 4 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 306 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 7,129 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/43NC.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 9, 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.