Big Sandy Landing Airport
82NR · Canton, North Carolina · Buncombe County · map
Big Sandy Landing Airport is a private airport, 8 miles north of Canton, North Carolina, 2,210 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 1,000 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 82NR
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 2,210 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- September 2022
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 1,000 × 50 ft | Grass |
- Runway 27: right-hand traffic pattern
Aircraft registered in Canton from the FAA register
3 aircraft are registered to owners in Canton, North Carolina: 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.
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Power lines on west end of airport. Trees on east end of runway.
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.