W N C Air Museum Airport
8NC9 · Hendersonville, North Carolina · Henderson County · map
W N C Air Museum Airport is a private airport owned by Western North Carolina Air Museum,, 1 mile southeast of Hendersonville, North Carolina, 2,083 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 14/32, is 2,400 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8NC9
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Owner
- Western North Carolina Air Museum,
- Elevation
- 2,083 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, irregular hours
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1999
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,400 × 100 ft | Grass |
- Runway 32: trees 75 ft high 300 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 123.0 |
Aircraft registered in Hendersonville from the FAA register
54 aircraft are registered to owners in Hendersonville, North Carolina: 47 piston singles, 2 gliders, 2 drones, 1 turboprop, 1 helicopter. 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Provided VFR, day use only. Pvt use. Loa with Hendersonville airport. Clear 20:1 approach on all runways.
- Hendersonville airport located 500 feet east of airport. Crossovers available, own risk.
- Museum open Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
- The western North Carolina Air Museum, inc
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.