Columbia Airstrip Airport
87NR · Columbia, North Carolina · Tyrrell County · map
Columbia Airstrip Airport is a private airport, 5 miles northeast of Columbia, North Carolina, 3 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 1,200 feet of grass.
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 87NR
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 3 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- May 2024
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 1,200 × 130 ft | Grass, fair |
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: Elizabeth City CG Air Station/Rgnl (17 nm north), Northeastern Regional (18 nm west), Dare County Regional (25 nm east), Currituck County Regional (27 nm north).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Elizabeth City CG Air Station/Rgnl (17 nm north), Northeastern Regional (18 nm west), Dare County Regional (25 nm east), Currituck County Regional (27 nm north).
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.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Columbia from the FAA register
No aircraft on the register list Columbia, NC as the owner's town.
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
- 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/87NR.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.