Gastonia Municipal
AKH · KAKH · Gastonia, North Carolina · Gaston County · map
Gastonia Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Gastonia, 4 miles south of Gastonia, North Carolina, 798 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 3,769 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KAKH · observed 3:54 pm EDT (19:54 UTC), 44 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 4,100 feet
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KAKH 061954Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM BKN041 23/13 A3009 RMK AO2 RAB44E53 SLP185 P0000 T02280128
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AKH · ICAO KAKH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Gastonia
- Elevation
- 798 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Sunday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,769 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the right, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), road 10 ft high 279 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 81 ft, trees 74 ft high 2,902 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.2 | |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BATTA) · Departure procedure (BEAVY) | 120.05 | |
| Rasln and star | 126.15 | |
| Jools and star | 135.6 | |
| Akh and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.725 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 704-868-9034.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Gastonia from the FAA register
32 aircraft are registered to owners in Gastonia, North Carolina: 28 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 1 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
- Activate odals runway 03; PAPI runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd christmas day.
- Steve huss.
- 10 feet brush 82 feet from end of runway 105 feet right of centerline.
- Approach slope 43:1 to displaced threshold due to 66 feet trees located 3099 feet from displaced threshold offset 796 feet right of centerline.
- Runway 03 - 15 feet road 292 feet from threshold L and R of centerline.
- Runway 21 - 50 feet DROP-OFF 300 feet from displaced threshold L&R of centerline and unmkd power lines 370 feet from displaced threshold L&R of centerline.
- Noise abatement: from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am pilots are requested to use runway 21 as calm wind runway and do runups on ramp; not runway end. To avoid low altitude turns to the west required clnc through class B asp from charlotte approach.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 03/21 no line of sight between runway ends.
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.