Halifax/Northampton Regional
IXA · KIXA · Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina · Halifax County · map
Halifax/Northampton Regional is a public-use airport, 8 miles south of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, 144 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 02/20, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KIXA · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 20 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 68°F (20°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 KIXA 062015Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/11 A3011 RMK AO2
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 IXA · ICAO KIXA
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Elevation
- 144 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- Washington sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 10W
- In the FAA's files since
- February 2009
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, excellent | High-intensity lights |
- Runway 02: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 26 ft high 890 ft from the end
- Runway 20: PAPI, two lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 25 ft high 1,590 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Ixa and aWOS-3PT | 119.975 | |
| Lawrenceville and center (remote transmitter) Low | 132.025 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 252-583-3446.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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Aircraft registered in Roanoke Rapids from the FAA register
13 aircraft are registered to owners in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina: 10 piston singles, 2 gliders, 1 turboprop. 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 · 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
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 20; runway end identifier lights runway 02; PAPI runway 02 and 20; high-intensity runway lights runway 02/20 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd new years day, easter, july 4, thanksgiving, christmas.
- 100LL and JET-A fuel available 24 hours self service with credit card.
- Agriculture equip occasionally adjacent to runway 02/20.
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.