Davidson County Executive
EXX · KEXX · Lexington, North Carolina · Davidson County · map
Davidson County Executive is a public-use airport owned by Davidson County Arpt Auth, 3 miles southwest of Lexington, North Carolina, 732 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,004 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A with additive).
Weather right now KEXX · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 10 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 67°F (20°C), dew point 51°F (10°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 KEXX 062155Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/10 A3009 RMK AO2 T01970103
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 EXX · ICAO KEXX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Davidson County Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 732 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- May 1961
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,004 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 50 ft high 1,879 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 26 ft high 453 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.6 | |
| Exx and aWOS-3 | 119.825 | |
| Apt Remark 7 With Gco Freq | 135.075 | · Gco available on frequency 135.075 through gso clearance delivery and flight services. |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 336-956-2967.
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 Lexington from the FAA register
54 aircraft are registered to owners in Lexington, North Carolina: 47 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 2 business jets, 1 turboprop, 1 balloon. 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 · 11 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 06; runway end identifier lightss runway 24; PAPI runway 06 and 24; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency.
- 100LL 24 hour self service with credit card.
- Gco available on frequency 135.075 through gso clearance delivery and flight services.
- Maximum ramp WT 30000 pounds single wheel, 60000 pounds dual wheel.
- Follow taxiway centerline to parking.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Taxiway a from runway 24 to taxiway A3 has DROP-OFF up to 60 feet 20 feet from pavement edge.
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.