Cox Field
81NC · Tabor City, North Carolina · Columbus County · map
Cox Field is a private airport, 10 miles southeast of Tabor City, North Carolina, 50 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 04/22, is 3,300 feet of grass and gravel.
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 81NC
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 50 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- August 2008
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 3,300 × 50 ft | Grass and gravel, good |
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: Grand Strand Airport (14 nm south), Columbus County Regional (14 nm north), Conway-Horry County (23 nm southwest), Myrtle Beach International (24 nm southwest).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Grand Strand Airport (14 nm south), Columbus County Regional (14 nm north), Odell Williamson Municipal (17 nm southeast), Conway-Horry County (23 nm southwest).
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 operations, private use only.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Tabor City from the FAA register
16 aircraft are registered to owners in Tabor City, North Carolina: 13 helicopters, 3 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.
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
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Tabor City 16 aircraft · 13 helicopters, 3 piston singles
- Aviation Advantage INC 11 aircraft in town
- Wild Horse Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Aerial Solutions INC 2 aircraft in town
- 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 7,120 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/81NC.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 29, 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.