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).
Weather right now KGEV · observed 5:15 pm EDT (21:15 UTC), 6 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (130°) at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 59°F (15°C), dew point 48°F (9°C)
- Altimeter 30.14 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 KGEV 062115Z AUTO 13006KT 10SM CLR 15/09 A3014 RMK AO2 T01510089
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
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 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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.