Ashe County
GEV · KGEV · Jefferson, North Carolina · Ashe County · map
Ashe County is a public-use airport owned by Ashe County, 3 miles east of Jefferson, North Carolina, 3,178 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 10/28, is 5,002 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 24 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 10,600 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
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What is the airport code for Ashe County?
Its FAA code is GEV, and its ICAO code is KGEV.
Where is Ashe County?
It is 3 miles east of Jefferson, North Carolina, 3,178 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Ashe County?
Its one runway, 10/28, is 5,002 feet long, asphalt.
Does Ashe County have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Ashe County?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Ashe County?
6 pilot examiners and 7 aviation medical examiners work within 50 nautical miles. See them by name
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Fetching the weather now, the forecast, the warnings in force, pilot reports and the winds aloft for Ashe County…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA GEV · ICAO KGEV
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Ashe County
- Elevation
- 3,178 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive; the services card below
- On the chart
- Cincinnati sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1977
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 5,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 10: trees 20 ft high 583 ft from the end
- Runway 28: localizer with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, brush 7 ft high 257 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Gev and aWOS-3 | 120.675 | |
| Hickory and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.15 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 336-982-5555.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Also here
- crop spraying, flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Wilkes County (20 nm southeast), Johnson County (20 nm west), Mountain Empire Airport (28 nm north).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in North Carolina · avgas.
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Rising trrn all quads.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 28; PAPI runway 28; medium-intensity runway lights runway 10/28 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd thanksgiving and christmas.
- 24 hour jet a fuel available with credit card.
- Due to 7 feet brush 0-50 feet from threshold offset 121 feet right of centerline and 7 feet brush 0-25 feet from threshold offset 168 feet left of centerline.
- Deer in the vicinity of airport.
- Runways 10 and 28 safety areas have 100 feet DROP-OFFS 270 feet from threshold.
- Runway 28 has an uphill grade.
- Occasional crops and farming eqpt adjacent to runway.
- Runway 28 has 100 feet DROP-OFFS 90 feet left and right of centerline.
- Cold temperature airport. Altitude correction required at or below -16C.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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Arrivals and departures, last hour
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From the volunteer receiver network, a few minutes behind at most; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out; no person is named. Open the live map here.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 24 |
The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.
Takeoffs and landings a year about 10,600, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 6,000 |
| general aviation, local | 3,900 |
| military | 700 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Jefferson from the FAA register
5 aircraft are registered to owners in Jefferson, North Carolina: 4 piston singles, 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.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
6 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 6 for private pilot, 6 for commercial and instrument, 4 for airline transport pilot, 3 for flight instructor, 2 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 6 for airplanes, 4 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 7 aviation medical examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 2 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 1 engineering representative, 1 training center examiner.
- Daniel Jonathan Moore private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Dan Moore Aero LLC · Elizabethton, TN (37 nm) · (423) 647-4359 · [email protected]
- Brandon NeSmith private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Foothills Regional Airport · Morganton, NC (38 nm) · (828) 638-5370 · [email protected]
- Eric R. Spicer private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · TRI-Cities Airport · Blountville, TN (46 nm) · (423) 341-0220 · [email protected]
- Gary Garavaglia private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Statesville, NC (46 nm) · (704) 340-8924 · [email protected]
- John William Dennis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Statesville, NC (46 nm) · (770) 595-9395 · [email protected]
- Mark Robey private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Tri-Cities Aviation · Blountville, TN (46 nm) · (931) 431-8119 · [email protected]
All 18 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 3 since 1982, 0 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Jefferson 5 aircraft · 4 piston singles, 1 business jets
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 303 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in North Carolina 106 landing places
- North Carolina 7,120 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/GEV.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 29, 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 29, 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.