Charlotte/Monroe Executive
EQY · KEQY · Monroe, North Carolina · Union County · map
Charlotte/Monroe Executive is a public-use airport owned by the City of Monroe, 5 miles northwest of Monroe, North Carolina, 682 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 7,001 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KEQY · observed 3:53 pm EDT (19:53 UTC), 45 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (050°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a broken layer at 4,300 feet
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.08 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 KEQY 061953Z AUTO 05007KT 10SM BKN043 24/13 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP189 T02390128
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 EQY · ICAO KEQY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Monroe
- Elevation
- 682 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 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
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 7,001 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 36 ft high 1,963 ft from the end
- Runway 23: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 25 ft high 1,095 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Clearance delivery | 132.55 | |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BATTA) · Departure procedure (BEAVY) | 120.05 | |
| Rasln and star | 126.15 | |
| Jools and star | 135.6 | |
| Eqy and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.775 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 704-283-5185.
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 Monroe from the FAA register
56 aircraft are registered to owners in Monroe, North Carolina: 47 piston singles, 4 drones, 2 helicopters, 1 turboprop, 1 business jet. 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 · 19 since 1982, 4 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 approach lights (MALSR) runway 05; runway end identifier lights runway 23; high-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 - the common traffic frequency. All lights oper DUSK-0000. After 0000, activate - 122.7. PAPI runway 05 and 23 oper continuously.
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- 63 feet trees located 0-200 feet from threshold and offset 401 feet L.
- Deer, wildlife, and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Right side of taxiway a at runway 23 has steep shoulder DROP-OFF between runway and taxiway a.
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.