First Flight Airport
FFA · KFFA · Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina · Dare County · map
First Flight Airport is a public-use airport owned by the National Park Svc., 1 mile west of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, 12 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 3,000 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now KFFA · observed 5:55 pm EDT (21:55 UTC), 11 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (030°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 64°F (18°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 KFFA 062155Z AUTO 03004KT 10SM CLR 18/10 A3009 RMK AO2 T01780103
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 FFA · ICAO KFFA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- National Park Svc.
- Elevation
- 12 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 11W
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,000 × 60 ft | Asphalt, good |
- Runway 03: trees 59 ft high 296 ft from the end
- Runway 21: right-hand traffic pattern, trees 37 ft high 362 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 124.725 | |
| Ffa and aWOS-3 | 118.075 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 252-449-0698.
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 Kill Devil Hills from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina: 10 piston singles, 3 weight-shift and powered parachutes. 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, 2 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 operations only.
- Maximum of 24 hours parking pmtd. No more than two overnight stays per month.
- Ntl parks service NR answered 7 days a week between 0800 to 1700.
- 10 feet road 125 feet R; 0-200 feet from threshold and 35 feet trees 82 feet from threshold offset 206 feet L.
- 37 feet trees 109 feet from threshold offset 213 feet R.
- Site of First Flight by wright brothers.
- Restroom facility on site; key code aces to pilot lounge.
- Hang gliding and powered hang gliding to 4000 feet in the vicinity of airport from sunrise to sunset year round.
- Airport closed 30 minimum aft sunset until 30 minimum before sunrise.
- 100 feet+ marked transmission power lines west/hazard balls, lights 1300 feet from threshold in approach area runway 21; 300 feet tower and tank 1/2 MI north of runway 21 threshold.
- Holdlines runway 21 are 115 feet from centerline.
- Runway 21 has 10 feet deep ditch 400 feet from threshold.
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.