Lone Hickory Airport
80C · Yadkinville, North Carolina · Yadkin County · map
Lone Hickory Airport is a public-use airport, 6 miles south of Yadkinville, North Carolina, 1,015 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,000 feet of grass.
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What is the airport code for Lone Hickory Airport?
Its FAA code is 80C.
Where is Lone Hickory Airport?
It is 6 miles south of Yadkinville, North Carolina, 1,015 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Lone Hickory Airport?
Its one runway, 16/34, is 2,000 feet long, grass.
Does Lone Hickory Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
Are there flight schools at Lone Hickory Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Dan River Aero Club INC. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lone Hickory Airport?
12 pilot examiners and 18 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Lone Hickory Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 80C
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 1,015 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1997
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,000 × 60 ft | Grass, excellent |
- Runway 16: tree 60 ft high 107 ft from the end
- Runway 34: trees 24 ft high 140 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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: Elkin Municipal (14 nm north), Statesville Regional (22 nm southwest), Wilkes County (22 nm northwest), Smith Reynolds Airport (23 nm east).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Twin Lakes Airport (14 nm southeast), Elkin Municipal (14 nm north), Statesville Regional (22 nm southwest), Wilkes County (22 nm northwest).
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
- Provided VFR; wind indicator is maintained; no night operations without lighting; written agreement with piney ridge airport.
- Aircraft operating from piney ridge airport 1.3 MI northwest.
- Unmarked power lines 500-1000 feet north runway 16 threshold.
- Runway 16/34 has 3% grade; winds permitting takeoff runway 16 lnd runway 34.
- No flight training or student pilots; only experienced pilots permitted.
- Runway 16 departures make left turn for noise and obstruction avoidance.
- Runway closed to turbine aircraft and gross weights greater than 5000 pounds except with prior permission (due to soft grass).
- Runway 16 approach has 62 feet tree 111 feet from runway end offset 73 feet left.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Yadkinville from the FAA register
14 aircraft are registered to owners in Yadkinville, North Carolina: 11 piston singles, 1 turboprop, 1 piston twin, 1 drone. 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
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:
- Dan River Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · Jonesville, 14 miles away
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.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
12 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 12 for private pilot, 12 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 18 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 6 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 12 engineering representatives, 16 training center evaluators, 3 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners.
- Gary Garavaglia private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Statesville, NC (22 nm) · (704) 340-8924 · [email protected]
- John William Dennis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Statesville, NC (22 nm) · (770) 595-9395 · [email protected]
- Garland Michael Boone private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Signature Flight Support · Winston Salem, NC (23 nm) · (336) 403-4622 · [email protected]
- Doris Gatewood private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Signature FBO · Greensboro, NC (36 nm) · (540) 522-6115 · [email protected]
- Ronald Leo Horton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · SIGNATURE AVIATION · Greensboro, NC (36 nm) · (704) 519-6746 · [email protected]
- Brandon NeSmith private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Hickory Regional Airport · Hickory, NC (39 nm) · (828) 638-5370 · [email protected]
- Adam Rosenberg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Concord, NC (40 nm) · (516) 567-4828 · [email protected]
- Craig Varnum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Concord, NC (40 nm) · (704) 724-3655 · [email protected]
All 73 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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 Yadkinville 14 aircraft · 11 piston singles, 1 turboprops, 1 piston twins
- Dan River Aero Club INC 1 aircraft · flying club
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 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/80C.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.