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
- 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
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar
- 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 |
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, 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
- 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.
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.