Reed Mine Airport
5NC3 · Locust, North Carolina · Cabarrus County · map
Reed Mine Airport is a private airport, 3 miles nnw of Locust, North Carolina, 581 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 2,000 feet of grass.
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 5NC3
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 581 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- January 2018
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 2,000 × 75 ft | Grass, fair |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Concord-Padgett Regional (13 nm northwest), Stanly County (17 nm northeast), Charlotte/Monroe Executive (19 nm southwest), Mid-Carolina Regional (21 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Concord-Padgett Regional (13 nm northwest), Stanly County (17 nm northeast), Charlotte/Monroe Executive (19 nm southwest), Mid-Carolina Regional (21 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
- See airspace case no. 2017-ASO-5052-NRA
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Locust from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Locust, North Carolina: 6 piston singles, 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, 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 · 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 Locust 7 aircraft · 6 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- Tucker Engineering Associates INC 2 aircraft in town
- 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/5NC3.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.