Hickory Regional
HKY · KHKY · Hickory, North Carolina · Catawba County · map
Hickory Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Hickory, 3 miles west of Hickory, North Carolina, 1,190 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 6,401 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KHKY · observed 5:53 pm EDT (21:53 UTC), 13 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 69°F (21°C), dew point 51°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 1:24 pm EDT (17:24 UTC), good until Wed 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC)
- From Tue 2:00 pm EDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the east-northeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 3,500 feet VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm EDT (23:00 UTC): wind calm, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 4,000 feet, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
- From Wed 1:00 pm EDT (17:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 25,000 feet VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KHKY 062153Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 21/11 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP173 T02060106
TAF KHKY 061724Z 0618/0718 07005KT P6SM FEW035 FM062300 00000KT P6SM FEW040 FEW250 FM071700 21004KT P6SM FEW250
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 HKY · ICAO KHKY
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Hickory
- Elevation
- 1,190 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- 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
- Notes
- certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1940
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 6,401 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 68 ft high 1,560 ft from the end
- Runway 24: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR)
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 128.15 | Hickory |
| Clearance delivery · Ground | 121.7 | Hickory |
| Hky and vot | 110.0 | |
| Hky and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.325 | |
| Hickory and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.15 | Hickory |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 828-322-2996.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Hickory from the FAA register
79 aircraft are registered to owners in Hickory, North Carolina: 56 piston singles, 6 business jets, 5 piston twins, 3 turboprops, 3 gliders. 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 · 20 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
- And burke.
- Dusk to dawn: activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 24; PAPI runway 24; high-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 06 operates continuously.
- Available aft hour with credit card.
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.