Wilson'S Airport
E40 · Hickory, North Carolina · Catawba County · map
Wilson'S Airport is a public-use airport, 4 miles south of Hickory, North Carolina, 985 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 17/35, is 2,175 feet of grass.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA E40
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · privately owned
- Elevation
- 985 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- On the chart
- Atlanta sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 5W
- In the FAA's files since
- October 1982
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,175 × 70 ft | Grass, good |
- Runway 17: trees 26 ft high 50 ft from the end
- Runway 35: trees 70 ft high 17 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 |
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Aircraft registered in Hickory from the FAA register
79 aircraft are registered to owners in Hickory, North Carolina: 56 piston singles, 6 business jets, 5 piston twins, 3 turboprops, 3 gliders. 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 · 2 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
- VFR use only.
- 130 feet above ground level unmkd power lines 1000 feet North and east of runway and unmkd power lines parl to east side of runway 75 feet from centerline.
- Airport open daylight hours only.
- Runway 17/35 marked with yellow cones.
- Ctlg obstruction exceeds a 45 degrees slp.
- Runway 35 slopes uphill. Last half of runway 17 slopes downhill - thld of runway 35 is 6 feet lower than thld of runway 17.
- Winds pmtg takeoff runway 17 and land runway 35.
- Runway 35 landing aircraft will turn final North of power lines, aircraft on sta will rmn above 1700 feet above sea level until North of power lines. Aircraft depg SB climb to 1700 feet above sea level by power lines or initiate a XW turn before reaching power lines.
- Runway 35 has 10 feet DROP-OFF 20 feet FR threshold both sides centerline.
- Runway 17/35 marked both ends with cones indicating NON-PUBLD displaced thld.
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.