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).
Weather right now KIPJ · observed 3:35 pm EDT (19:35 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the south-southeast (150°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: scattered clouds at 4,100 feet
- Temperature 71°F (22°C), dew point 52°F (11°C)
- Altimeter 30.11 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 KIPJ 061935Z AUTO 15004KT 10SM SCT041 22/11 A3011 RMK AO2 T02160109
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 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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 6W
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1986
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in North Carolina.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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.