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 facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
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
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- 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 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- none reported
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Triangle North Executive (7 nm south), Henderson/Oxford Airport (18 nm northwest), Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional (25 nm southeast), Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport (27 nm southeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Triangle North Executive (7 nm south), Henderson/Oxford Airport (18 nm northwest), Rocky Mount/Wilson Regional (25 nm southeast), Wilson Industrial Air Center Airport (27 nm southeast).
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
- 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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
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, 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
Fuel and service companies in Louisburg, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Her Majestys Royal Flying Club 1 aircraft · Louisburg, 8 miles away
Repair stations in Louisburg:
Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); 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 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 Louisburg 24 aircraft · 19 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 gliders
- First State Aviation Services LLC 1 aircraft · FBO or fuel seller
- Her Majestys Royal Flying Club 1 aircraft · flying club
- Triangle Avionics LLC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- 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/79NC.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.