Twin Lakes Airport
8A7 · Mocksville, North Carolina · Davie County · map
Twin Lakes Airport is a public-use airport, 5 miles northeast of Mocksville, North Carolina, 818 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,943 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Twin Lakes Airport?
Its FAA code is 8A7.
Where is Twin Lakes Airport?
It is 5 miles northeast of Mocksville, North Carolina, 818 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Twin Lakes Airport?
Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,943 feet long, asphalt.
Does Twin Lakes Airport have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Twin Lakes Airport?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas.
Are there flight schools at Twin Lakes Airport?
One flight school, flying club or college flight programme is based within about 15 miles of it: Piedmont Soaring Society. Compare them
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Twin Lakes Airport?
13 pilot examiners and 19 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 Twin Lakes Airport…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8A7
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 818 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,943 × 50 ft | Asphalt, good | Non-standard lights |
- Runway 09: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 11 ft high 222 ft from the end
- Runway 27: trees 75 ft high 401 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.35 |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- avionics, flight instruction, aircraft sales
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Davidson County Executive (11 nm southeast), Mid-Carolina Regional (16 nm south), Smith Reynolds Airport (17 nm northeast), Statesville Regional (26 nm west).
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
- 24 hour self service with CC.
- Runway 09/27 non-standard lighting due to number and location.
- Has 10-15 feet brush starting 0-200 feet from threshold offset 37-58 feet R of centerline and has 12-31 feet brush 0-200 feet from threshold offset 55-95 feet L of centerline.
- Runway 09 markings nonstandard due to size and location.
- Runway 27 markings nonstandard due to size and location.
- Runway 09 -18 feet DROP-OFF 150 feet from threshold left and right of centerline.
- Runway 09 uphill grade.
- Deer/migratory birds ocnlly on airport.
- This airport has been surveyed by the national geodetic survey.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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 Mocksville from the FAA register
28 aircraft are registered to owners in Mocksville, North Carolina: 22 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 weight-shift or powered parachute. 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:
- Piedmont Soaring Society 4 aircraft · Clemmons, 9 miles away Piedmont Soaring Society is a nonprofit flying club of about 50 members based in Farmington, North Carolina, that operates a gliderport offering glider flight training, tow services, and introductory flights.
Repair stations in Mocksville:
- Dunlop Aircraft Tyres INC Dunlop Aircraft Tyres manufactures and retreads aircraft tires for commercial, cargo, passenger, and military aviation.
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
13 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 13 for private pilot, 13 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 4 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 12 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 19 aviation medical examiners, 3 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 8 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 12 engineering representatives, 16 training center evaluators, 42 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners.
- Garland Michael Boone private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lexington, NC (11 nm) · (336) 403-4622 · [email protected]
- Gary Garavaglia private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Statesville, NC (26 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 (26 nm) · (770) 595-9395 · [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 (27 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 (27 nm) · (704) 519-6746 · [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 (34 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 (34 nm) · (704) 724-3655 · [email protected]
- Darrin Murphy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Concord-Padgett Regional Airport KJQF · Concord, NC (34 nm) · (803) 526-1153 · [email protected]
All 117 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 · 13 since 1982, 3 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 Mocksville 28 aircraft · 22 piston singles, 2 piston twins, 2 helicopters
- Piedmont Soaring Society 4 aircraft · flying club
- Dunlop Aircraft Tyres INC · repair station
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 13 since 1982 · 3 fatal
- 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/8A7.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.