Ball Airport
79NC · Louisburg, North Carolina · Franklin County · map
Ball Airport is a private airport owned by Ball Airport Enterprises, LLC, 3 miles northeast of Louisburg, North Carolina, 366 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 18/36, is 2,459 feet of asphalt.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 79NC
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Ball Airport Enterprises, LLC
- Elevation
- 366 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,459 × 40 ft | Asphalt, fair | Low-intensity lights |
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.8 |
Aircraft registered in Louisburg from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Louisburg, North Carolina: 19 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 glider, 1 business jet. 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 · 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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Pvt use; VFR only.
- Glider operations at airport.
- 741 feet grass overrun south end of runway.
- 50 feet trees 50 feet from threshold on centerline.
- Trees on centerline.
- 40-50 feet trees 55 feet right of centerline.
- +30 feet power line approx 1000 feet from threshold on centerline.
- Pot holes and gravel first 450 feet south end.
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.