Henderson/Oxford Airport
HNZ · KHNZ · Oxford, North Carolina · Granville County · map
Henderson/Oxford Airport is a public-use airport, 4 miles northeast of Oxford, North Carolina, 526 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 06/24, is 5,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KHNZ · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east-northeast (070°) at 5 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 66°F (19°C), dew point 42°F (5°C)
- Altimeter 30.12 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 KHNZ 062015Z AUTO 07005KT 10SM CLR 19/05 A3012 RMK AO2 T01910054
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 HNZ · ICAO KHNZ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 526 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, 1:00 pm to 5:00 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
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- September 1971
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 5,501 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 06: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 57 ft high 1,661 ft from the end
- Runway 24: PAPI, four lights on the right, power line 33 ft high 1,353 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 132.35 | |
| Hnz and aWOS-3 | 118.625 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 919-693-9516.
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 Oxford from the FAA register
29 aircraft are registered to owners in Oxford, North Carolina: 27 piston singles, 1 piston twin, 1 helicopter. 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 · 5 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
- And city of Henderson.
- And vance county.
- Runway 24 has 60 feet drop off 325 feet from threshold and 90 feet left and right from centerline.
- Activate runway end identifier lights runway 06; medium-intensity runway lights runway 06/24 - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 06 and 24 operates continuously.
- Unattended thanksgiving and christmas days.
- Fuel 24 hour credit card service available.
- Trees east of the airport obscure the rotating beacon.
- Hold lines are less than 150 feet from centerline.
- Runway 24 has 30 feet unmkd powerline 1000 feet from threshold on centerline.
- Runway 6 has 30 feet DROP-OFF 280 feet from threshold and 40-60 feet DROP-OFF 75 feet both sides of centerline.
- Runway 6 has 28 feet unmarked powerline 1000 feet from threshold on centerline.
- No line of sight between runway ends.
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.