Gastonia Municipal
AKH · KAKH · Gastonia, North Carolina · Gaston County · map
Gastonia Municipal is a public-use airport owned by the City of Gastonia, 4 miles south of Gastonia, North Carolina, 798 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 3,769 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 48 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 9,910 takeoffs and landings a year. About 5 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather and planning now, the forecast, warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions
Weather right now KAKH · observed 1:54 pm EDT (17:54 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 82°F (28°C), dew point 62°F (17°C)
- Altimeter 30.02 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 KAKH 121754Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02780167 10278 20156 58006
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.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
12 pilot reports within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours, the nearest three:
- BE33 at 8,000 ft, 35 nm northwest, 11:50 am EDT (15:50 UTC): light chop turbulence, remarks: ZTLFD-45.
as filed, and in English
HKY UA /OV BZM240015/TM 1550/FL080/TP BE33/TB LGT CHOP/RM ZTLFD-45
- Report
- a routine report filed through HKY
- Where
- 15 nm southwest (240°) of BZM
- Time
- 15:50 UTC
- Height
- at 8,000 ft
- Aircraft
- BE33
- Turbulence
- light chop
- Remarks
- ZTLFD-45
- B739 at 35,000 ft, 39 nm west, 1:23 pm EDT (17:23 UTC): remarks: smooth ZTLFD-28.
as filed, and in English
SPA UA /OV SPA/TM 1723/FL350/TP B739/RM SMOOTH ZTLFD-28
- Report
- a routine report filed through SPA
- Where
- over SPA
- Time
- 17:23 UTC
- Height
- at 35,000 ft
- Aircraft
- B739
- Remarks
- smooth ZTLFD-28
- PC12 at 25,000 ft, 39 nm west, 1:23 pm EDT (17:23 UTC): no turbulence, no icing, remarks: ZTLFD-32.
as filed, and in English
SPA UA /OV SPA/TM 1723/FL250/TP PC12/TB NEG/IC NEG/RM ZTLFD-32
- Report
- a routine report filed through SPA
- Where
- over SPA
- Time
- 17:23 UTC
- Height
- at 25,000 ft
- Aircraft
- PC12
- Turbulence
- none
- Icing
- none
- Remarks
- ZTLFD-32
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (GSP, 56 nm west), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 330° at 14 kt; 6,000 ft: 360° at 26 kt, 17 °C; 9,000 ft: 360° at 22 kt, 11 °C; 12,000 ft: 330° at 20 kt, 6 °C; 18,000 ft: 310° at 27 kt, -5 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA AKH · ICAO KAKH
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Gastonia
- Elevation
- 798 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Sunday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
- 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
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 3,769 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the right, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), road 10 ft high 279 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, threshold displaced 81 ft, trees 74 ft high 2,902 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.0 | |
| Clearance delivery | 127.2 | |
| Approach and departure · Departure procedure (BATTA) · Departure procedure (BEAVY) | 120.05 | |
| Rasln and star | 126.15 | |
| Jools and star | 135.6 | |
| Akh and automated weather (ASOS) | 135.725 |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 704-868-9034.
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
- Also here
- avionics, charter flights
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Charlotte/Douglas International (10 nm east), Rock Hill/York County/Bryant Field (14 nm south), Lincoln County Regional (17 nm north).
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
- Activate odals runway 03; PAPI runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Unatndd christmas day.
- Steve huss.
- 10 feet brush 82 feet from end of runway 105 feet right of centerline.
- Approach slope 43:1 to displaced threshold due to 66 feet trees located 3099 feet from displaced threshold offset 796 feet right of centerline.
- Runway 03 - 15 feet road 292 feet from threshold L and R of centerline.
- Runway 21 - 50 feet DROP-OFF 300 feet from displaced threshold L&R of centerline and unmkd power lines 370 feet from displaced threshold L&R of centerline.
- Noise abatement: from 10:00 pm to 6:00 am pilots are requested to use runway 21 as calm wind runway and do runups on ramp; not runway end. To avoid low altitude turns to the west required clnc through class B asp from charlotte approach.
- Deer on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Runway 03/21 no line of sight between runway ends.
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 | 41 |
| multi-engine | 5 |
| jets | 1 |
| helicopters | 1 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 9,910, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 4,500 |
| general aviation, local | 5,400 |
| military | 10 |
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 Gastonia from the FAA register
32 aircraft are registered to owners in Gastonia, North Carolina: 28 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 business jets. 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, 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, 6 for airline transport pilot, 8 for flight instructor, 5 for sport pilot; 13 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 17 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 2 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 9 training center evaluators, 40 aircrew program designees, 2 training center examiners.
- 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 (0 nm) · (803) 526-1153 · darrinmurphy17@gmail.com
- 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 · Gastonia Municipal Airport · Gastonia, NC (0 nm) · (757) 435-7865 · bogeee71@gmail.com
- Charles Rosenstein private pilot, commercial and instrument; airplanes · Stanley, NC (13 nm) · (704) 277-2596 · stearman794@gmail.com
- Brian Lee Mott commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fort Mill, SC (20 nm) · (610) 698-3557 · aviation2000@aol.com
- Guenter Trautmann private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor; airplanes · Indian Land, SC (20 nm) · (803) 818-0626 · guenter.trautmann@gmail.com
- Timothy Standard private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, sport pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Fort Mill, SC (20 nm) · (706) 836-0442 · dstandard@gmail.com
- 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 (24 nm) · (516) 567-4828 · adamdpe@gmail.com
- Craig Varnum private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; helicopters · Concord, NC (24 nm) · (704) 724-3655 · cvarnum@gmail.com
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.
- DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
- 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 · 1 since 1982, 0 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 Gastonia 32 aircraft · 28 piston singles, 2 helicopters, 2 business jets
- Bob Air INC 3 aircraft in town
- Lubo Aviation LLC 2 aircraft in town
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 1 since 1982 · 0 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 306 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 7,129 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/AKH.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 9, 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.