Shiflet Field
9A9 · Marion, North Carolina · Mc Dowell County · map
Shiflet Field is a public-use airport owned by Marion Airport Commission, 3 miles north of Marion, North Carolina, 1,212 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 3,340 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 9A9
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Owner
- Marion Airport Commission
- Elevation
- 1,212 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon see the remarks below
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1937
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 3,340 × 180 ft | Grass, good | Low-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: trees 99 ft high 1,247 ft from the end
- Runway 28: trees 61 ft high 141 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Marion from the FAA register
24 aircraft are registered to owners in Marion, North Carolina: 23 piston singles, 1 drone. 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 · 5 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
- In existence in 1952.
- RDO-CTL for based aircraft only.
- RDO-CTL for based aircraft only.
- Hangar if available.
- Frank routh - secretary/treasurer
- Runway subject to flooding aft very heavy rains on east end.
- Low lying fog on airfield during rainy cool weather.
- Numerous obstructions in approach and prim surfaces.
- High terrian all quadrants.
- Hangers are spaced closer than normal; slower taxi speeds required.
- Deer on and in vicinity of airport.
- Airport closed at night to IN-TRANSIT traffic.
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.