Johnston Regional
JNX · KJNX · Smithfield, North Carolina · Johnston County · map
Johnston Regional is a public-use airport owned by Johnston CO Arpt Auth, 3 miles northwest of Smithfield, North Carolina, 164 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 5,500 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive).
Weather right now KJNX · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (080°) at 4 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 73°F (23°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 30.09 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 KJNX 062015Z AUTO 08004KT 10SM CLR 23/10 A3009 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 JNX · ICAO KJNX
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Johnston CO Arpt Auth
- Elevation
- 164 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 1,035 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 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
- Charlotte sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 9W
- In the FAA's files since
- June 1978
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,500 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), trees 49 ft high 1,167 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 36 ft high 241 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.725 | |
| Approach and departure | 125.3 | |
| Jnx and aWOS-3 | 120.225 | |
| Apt Remark 100 With Gco Freq | 135.075 | · Gco available on frequency 135.075 through rdu clearance delivery and flight services. |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 919-934-3851.
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 Smithfield from the FAA register
36 aircraft are registered to owners in Smithfield, North Carolina: 21 piston singles, 8 piston twins, 5 business jets, 2 drones. 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 · 10 since 1982, 2 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
- Avoid overflights of housing area in traffic pattern for noise abatement. Fly wider dnwnds and longer departure legs.
- Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 03; runway end identifier lights runway 21; medium-intensity runway lights 03/21; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. PAPI runway 03 and 21 oper continuously.
- Unatndd thanksgiving and christmas day.
- Has a 150 feet swy on both ends.
- 29 feet trees 0-200 feet from thld offset 425 feet left of centerline.
- 6 feet ground 0-200 feet FR threshold offset 301 feet left of centerline, and 54 feet tress 122 feet FR threshold offset 442 feet left of centerline.
- Deer and coyote on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 21 has +65 feet unmkd power line 2000 feet from threshold left and right of centerline.
- 50 feet above ground level tower 200 feet southwest of runway 03 centerline.
- Gco available on frequency 135.075 through rdu clearance delivery and flight services.
- Be alert when taxing near south ramp/corporate hngr.
- Key code aces to pilot lounge at pilot/crew ramp.
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.