Asheboro Regional
HBI · KHBI · Asheboro, North Carolina · Randolph County · map
Asheboro Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Asheboro, 6 miles southwest of Asheboro, North Carolina, 671 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 03/21, is 5,501 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive) and about 42 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 15,500 takeoffs and landings a year. About 7 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 KHBI · observed 2:15 am EDT (06:15 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind calm
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 57°F (14°C), dew point 56°F (14°C)
- Altimeter 30.06 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued, and in English (METAR)
METAR KHBI 130615Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 14/14 A3006 RMK AO2 T01370135
- METAR
- a routine hourly observation
- KHBI
- the station, KHBI
- 130615Z
- observed 2:15 am EDT (06:15 UTC)
- AUTO
- fully automated report, nobody checked it
- 00000KT
- wind calm
- 10SM
- visibility 10 miles
- CLR
- clear skies
- 14/14
- temperature 14 °C (57 °F), dew point 14 °C (57 °F)
- A3006
- altimeter setting 30.06 inches of mercury
- RMK
- remarks follow
- AO2
- automated station with a precipitation sensor
- T01370135
- temperature 13.7 °C (57 °F), dew point 13.5 °C (56 °F)
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.
Turbulence No turbulence warning in force over this field. No pilot has reported turbulence within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours. The government's turbulence forecast map ↗
Icing No icing warning in force over this field. No pilot has reported icing within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours. The freezing level is about 14,500 ft (from the winds-aloft temperatures), so icing is possible in cloud above that. The government's icing forecast map ↗
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (RDU, 56 nm east), for use 02:00–09:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: 330° at 5 kt; 6,000 ft: 030° at 13 kt, 16 °C; 9,000 ft: 010° at 11 kt, 9 °C; 12,000 ft: 330° at 16 kt, 5 °C; 18,000 ft: 310° at 21 kt, -7 °C.
No temporary flight restriction within 50 nautical miles.
6 notices to air missions in force at this field.
All 6 notices, grouped: procedures and charts (3), obstructions (3) →
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. The notices come from the FAA's notice service, the site's copy refreshed every few minutes (last checked 2 minutes ago). The FAA has so far issued eFlight its test feed, which misses some notices; the request for the full feed is with the FAA.
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 HBI · ICAO KHBI
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Asheboro
- Elevation
- 671 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- October to May, every day, 8:00 am to dusk; JUNE to SEPT, every day, 8:00 am to 8:00 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
- 8W
- In the FAA's files since
- August 1965
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,501 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 398 ft high 8,976 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, two lights on the left, trees 55 ft high 1,891 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.8 | |
| Approach and departure | 126.6 | |
| Hbi and aWOS-3 | 119.275 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3), by phone 336-626-7933.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A-1 with additive
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangars, tie-downs
- Also here
- flight instruction, aircraft rental
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Stanly County (19 nm southwest), Siler City Municipal (19 nm east), Davidson County Executive (21 nm west).
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
- Trrn rising south of the airport.
- DUSK-2300; activate runway end identifier lights runway 03 and 21; PAPI runway 03 and 21; and after 2300, medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Hangar if available.
- 100LL and jet a 24 hour self service available with credit card.
- Has 11 feet gnd 0-200 feet from threshold 241 feet right of centerline.
- Runway 03 has 40 feet DROP-OFF 400 feet from threshold; 0B.
- North Carolina aviation museum hall of fame located on field.
Flights and activity in the air now, the airlines, based aircraft, takeoffs and landings
Activity now checking the volunteer receiver network…
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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.
Scheduled and charter flights from here the DOT's airline reports · August 2025 to July 2026
Airlines reported 23 departures from HBI in those twelve months, carrying 67 passengers in 189 seats (35% filled), to 5 destinations (5 abroad) on 1 airline.
| Where to | Flights | Passengers | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harbour Island → Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International HBI–FLL | 17 | 38 | Tropic Ocean Airways LLC |
| Harbour Island → Miami International HBI–MIA | 3 | 11 | Tropic Ocean Airways LLC |
| Harbour Island → Boca Raton HBI–BCT | 1 | 6 | Tropic Ocean Airways LLC |
| Harbour Island → West Palm Beach/Palm Beach HBI–PBI | 1 | 4 | Tropic Ocean Airways LLC |
| Harbour Island → Miami Executive HBI–TMB | 1 | 8 | Tropic Ocean Airways LLC |
All 5 destinations, the airlines and the aircraft, month by month
From the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' T-100 table: every segment an airline reported flying, three months in arrears. Private, business and training flights are not in it; the live picture is in the activity card.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 38 |
| multi-engine | 4 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 15,500, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| general aviation, travelling | 7,000 |
| general aviation, local | 8,000 |
| military | 500 |
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 Asheboro from the FAA register
48 aircraft are registered to owners in Asheboro, North Carolina: 43 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 helicopter, 1 business jet. 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.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Asheboro, by their names on the register:
- Core Flight Academy LLC 2 aircraft Core Flight Academy is a flight school based at Asheboro Regional Airport in Asheboro, North Carolina.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
11 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 10 for private pilot, 10 for commercial and instrument, 6 for airline transport pilot, 9 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot, 2 for type ratings; 9 for airplanes, 6 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 15 aviation medical examiners, 2 mechanic examiners, 1 airworthiness representative (maintenance), 10 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 11 engineering representatives, 2 parachute rigger examiners, 16 training center evaluators, 3 aircrew program designees, 3 training center examiners.
- Garland Michael Boone private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Lexington, NC (21 nm) · (336) 403-4622 · gmboone1960@gmail.com
- Doris Gatewood private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Signature FBO · Greensboro, NC (27 nm) · (540) 522-6115 · doris@horizonav8.com
- Ronald Leo Horton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot; airplanes · SIGNATURE AVIATION · Greensboro, NC (27 nm) · (704) 519-6746 · ron@planevisions.com
- Stephen Lynn Henderson instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates · Moore County Airport · Carthage, NC (29 nm) · (360) 904-9078 · stevelhenderson6@gmail.com
- Christopher Marshall Whittle private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Burlington, NC (31 nm) · (336) 264-0943 · chrismwhittle@gmail.com
- Jay Lindsey Nabors private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · FBO · Sanford, NC (39 nm) · (919) 740-0299 · jnabors1124@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 (43 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 (43 nm) · (704) 724-3655 · cvarnum@gmail.com
All 74 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).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- 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 · 3 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 Asheboro 48 aircraft · 43 piston singles, 3 piston twins, 1 helicopters
- Skye Equipment LLC 3 aircraft in town
- Polyspray CORP 3 aircraft in town
- North Carolina Aviation Museum and Hall of Fame 3 aircraft in town
- Mackey Property Holdings LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Core Flight Academy LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International (FLL) 17 flights in twelve months · Tropic Ocean Airways LLC
- Miami International (MIA) 3 flights in twelve months · Tropic Ocean Airways LLC
- Boca Raton (BCT) 1 flights in twelve months · Tropic Ocean Airways LLC
- West Palm Beach/Palm Beach (PBI) 1 flights in twelve months · Tropic Ocean Airways LLC
- Miami Executive (TMB) 1 flights in twelve months · Tropic Ocean Airways LLC
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 3 since 1982 · 1 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in North Carolina 1,759 since 1982 · 305 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/HBI.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 12, 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.