Sossamon Field
57NC · Bryson City, North Carolina · Swain County · map
Sossamon Field is a private airport, 1 mile west of Bryson City, North Carolina, 1,940 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 2,265 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 57NC
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,940 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Friday, daylight hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 3W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1958
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,265 × 50 ft | Asphalt |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Macon County (12 nm south), Western Carolina Regional (24 nm southwest), Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (26 nm north), MC Ghee Tyson Airport (35 nm northwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Macon County (12 nm south), Jackson County (14 nm southeast), Western Carolina Regional (24 nm southwest), Gatlinburg-Pigeon Forge Airport (26 nm north).
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
- Estabd prior to 1959
- Use care on runway 28 approach due to possible downdraft, esp durg spring.
- +8 feet trees 50 feet from thld on sides.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Bryson City from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Bryson City, North Carolina: 3 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Bryson City 4 aircraft · 3 piston singles, 1 helicopters
- 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 7,117 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/57NC.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 30, 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.