Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport
8NC8 · Durham, North Carolina · Durham County · map
Lake Ridge Aero Park Airport is a private airport owned by Lake Ridge Aero, LLC, 7 miles northeast of Durham, North Carolina, 309 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 3,200 feet of grass. It has fuel (100LL avgas).
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 8NC8
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Lake Ridge Aero, LLC
- Elevation
- 309 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,100 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas; the services card below
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1948
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,200 × 150 ft | Grass | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 14: trees 50 ft high 300 ft from the end
- Runway 32: trees 75 ft high 300 ft from the end
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Repairs
- none at the field, as reported
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Raleigh-Durham International (11 nm south), Raleigh Regional AT Person County (17 nm northwest), Triangle North Executive (22 nm east), Henderson/Oxford Airport (22 nm northeast).
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
- Runway soft when wet.
- $20.00 per night.
- $15 per night.
- Or daniel rovegno (813)450-5000.
- Runway lights non standard.
- Pole and fence 299 feet and sign 100 feet from threshold.
- Center 30 feet fair.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Durham from the FAA register
82 aircraft are registered to owners in Durham, North Carolina: 63 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 4 piston twins, 3 helicopters, 3 business jets. 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 · 6 since 1982, 1 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 Durham 82 aircraft · 63 piston singles, 5 turboprops, 4 piston twins
- Flairships LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Big Flats LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Basf CORP 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,762 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 7,126 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/8NC8.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 November 11, 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.