Billy Mitchell Airport
HSE · KHSE · Hatteras, North Carolina · Dare County · map
Billy Mitchell Airport is a public-use airport owned by the National Park Service, 4 miles east of Hatteras, North Carolina, 16 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 07/25, is 3,002 feet of asphalt.
Weather right now KHSE · observed 5:51 pm EDT (21:51 UTC), 15 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the northeast (040°) at 7 knots, gusting to 15
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 67°F (19°C), dew point 55°F (13°C)
- Altimeter 30.07 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 KHSE 062151Z AUTO 04007G15KT 360V060 10SM CLR 19/13 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP183 T01940128
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 HSE · ICAO KHSE
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- National Park Service
- Elevation
- 16 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- unattended
- Repairs
- airframe: none; engine: none
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1960
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,002 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair |
- Runway 07: brush 15 ft high 413 ft from the end
- Runway 25: tree 24 ft high 282 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) | 122.9 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.75 | |
| Hse and automated weather (ASOS) | 118.375 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 252-552-1005.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Hatteras from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Hatteras, North Carolina: 1 piston single. 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 · 2 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
- +10-35 feet sand dunes and scrub trees both sides of runway within rofa.
- Ntl parks service NR answered 7 days a week between 0800 to 1700.
- 5 feet sand dunes 0-200 feet from threshold 122 feet R of centerline, and 10 feet sand dunes 0-200 feet from threshold 138 feet L of centerline.
- 8 feet dune 52 feet from threshold 126 feet L of centerline; 15 feet windsock 72 feet from threshold 221 feet L of centerline; and 26 feet trees 0-100 feet from threshold 152 feet R of centerline.
- Airport closed 30 minimum after sunset until 30 minimum before sunrise. All nighttime operations prohibited.
- High speed low level military operations in vic of airport.
- Flocks of seagulls on and in the vicinity of of airport.
- Runway 07/25 safety area is loose sand and dunes - not suitable for aircraft.
- Additional aircraft parking available on MID-FIELD apron.
- Airport located in cape Hatteras ntl seashore. Mntn 2000 feet ver and horizontal dist from seashore beaches.
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.