Lincoln County Regional
IPJ · KIPJ · Lincolnton, North Carolina · Lincoln County · map
Lincoln County Regional is a public-use airport owned by Lincoln County, 5 miles east of Lincolnton, North Carolina, 878 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,700 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 86 general-aviation aircraft based on the field by the FAA's count. The FAA counts about 34,100 takeoffs and landings a year. About 2 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Quick answers answers refresh every morning
What is the airport code for Lincoln County Regional?
Its FAA code is IPJ, and its ICAO code is KIPJ.
Where is Lincoln County Regional?
It is 5 miles east of Lincolnton, North Carolina, 878 feet above sea level.
How long is the runway at Lincoln County Regional?
Its one runway, 05/23, is 5,700 feet long, asphalt.
Does Lincoln County Regional have a control tower?
No, it has no control tower.
What fuel can you buy at Lincoln County Regional?
The FAA's airport file lists 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive.
Where are the nearest FAA examiners to Lincoln County Regional?
14 pilot examiners and 18 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 Lincoln County Regional…
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The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA IPJ · ICAO KIPJ
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Lincoln County
- Elevation
- 878 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- 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
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1986
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 5,700 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 05: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 200 ft, trees 110 ft high 2,468 ft from the end
- Runway 23: ILS with DME, PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 199 ft, trees 30 ft high 1,327 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.05 | |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BATTA) · Departure procedure (BEAVY) | 134.75 | |
| Ipj and aWOS-3 | 119.675 | |
| Rasln and star | 126.15 | |
| Jools and star | 135.6 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 704-735-6954.
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
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (low-pressure), bulk oxygen (low-pressure)
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Gastonia Municipal (17 nm south), Charlotte/Douglas International (19 nm southeast), Hickory Regional (19 nm northwest).
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
- Runway 23 has a 90 feet DROP-OFF 100 feet from pvmt end and 90 feet DROP-OFF first 200 feet 160 feet both sides of centerline.
- To activate runway end identifier lights runway 05 and 23 dusk to dawn - the common traffic frequency; to activate PAPI runway 05 and 23 - the common traffic frequency. Medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 dusk to 2200 preset low intst; to incr intst dusk to 2200 and to activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 05/23 between 2200-DAWN - the common traffic frequency.
- 200 feet swy southwest end has been remkd as 200 feet dthr for runway 05.
- Due to 11 feet brush 104 feet FR runway end offset 10-173 feet right of centerline; due to 13 feet brush 31-115 feet FR runway end offset 143-164 feet left of centerline.
- Approach slope 18:1 at dthr.
- Approach slope 31:1 at dthr.
- Deer, coyote and birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
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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 | 75 |
| multi-engine | 7 |
| jets | 3 |
| helicopters | 1 |
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 34,100, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 17,900 |
| general aviation, local | 15,300 |
| military | 900 |
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 Lincolnton from the FAA register
19 aircraft are registered to owners in Lincolnton, North Carolina: 18 piston singles, 1 piston twin. 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
14 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 13 for private pilot, 14 for commercial and instrument, 7 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot, 1 for type ratings; 13 for airplanes, 7 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 18 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 engineering representatives, 9 training center evaluators, 40 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners.
- Melissa Curtis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lincolnton - Lincoln County Airport · Iton Station, NC (3 nm) · (757) 435-7865 · [email protected]
- Charles Rosenstein private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Stanley, NC (8 nm) · (704) 277-2596 · [email protected]
- John William Dennis private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Mooresville, NC (15 nm) · (770) 595-9395 · [email protected]
- Darrin Murphy private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Gastonia Municipal Airport KAKH · Gastonia, NC (17 nm) · (803) 526-1153 · [email protected]
- Brandon NeSmith private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot; airplanes · Hickory Regional Airport · Hickory, NC (19 nm) · (828) 638-5370 · [email protected]
- Gary Garavaglia private pilot, commercial and instrument, commercial pilot; airplanes, gliders · Statesville, NC (20 nm) · (704) 340-8924 · [email protected]
- Adam Rosenberg private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Concord, NC (23 nm) · (516) 567-4828 · [email protected]
- Craig Varnum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Concord, NC (23 nm) · (704) 724-3655 · [email protected]
All 87 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.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
- APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
- 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 · 6 since 1982, 1 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 Lincolnton 19 aircraft · 18 piston singles, 1 piston twins
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 6 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 304 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 7,125 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/IPJ.json.
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 26, 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.