Avery County/Morrison Field
7A8 · Spruce Pine, North Carolina · Avery County · map
Avery County/Morrison Field is a public-use airport owned by Avery County Arpt Authority, 4 miles northeast of Spruce Pine, North Carolina, 2,745 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 17/35, is 3,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 7A8
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Avery County Arpt Authority
- Elevation
- 2,745 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- November 1962
Runways 2
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,001 × 60 ft | Asphalt, excellent | |
| H1 | 40 × 40 ft | Concrete, good | Perimeter lights |
- Runway 17: right-hand traffic pattern, brush 11 ft high 206 ft from the end
- Runway 35: trees 59 ft high 1,098 ft from the end
- Runway H1: trees 60 ft high 462 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | · Automated UNICOM. |
| Hickory and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.15 |
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Aircraft registered in Spruce Pine from the FAA register
7 aircraft are registered to owners in Spruce Pine, North Carolina: 7 piston singles. 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 · 7 since 1982, 1 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
- VFR operations only.
- Automated UNICOM.
- 24 hour 100LL and jet a fuel service available with credit card.
- Runway 17/35 runway 17 pref for takeoffs - runway 35 pref for landings.
- Has 9 feet trees 0-100 feet FR threshold offset 120 feet left of centerline. And 14 feet trees 197 feet FR threshold offset 97 feet right of centerline
- Ctlng obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Runway 35 mtus trrn 6000 feet from runway end and 650 feet above runway elev on centerline.
- Runway 35 has 60 feet DROP-OFF 250 feet from threshold and 50 right of centerline. Runway 17 has 40 feet DROP-OFF 300 feet from threshold.
- High trrn all quads, daylight VFR operations only, runway 35 uphill grade, runway 17 right traffic pref for takeoff.
- Military operations on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Gravel mining operations west of and adjacent to runway with dirt bank ranging 26-48 feet high located 300-500 feet from runway centerline.
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.