Foothills Regional
MRN · KMRN · Morganton, North Carolina · Caldwell County · map
Foothills Regional is a public-use airport owned by Foothills Regional Airport Authorit, 6 miles northeast of Morganton, North Carolina, 1,270 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 KMRN · observed 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC), 22 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the southeast (140°) at 3 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 72°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 KMRN 062015Z AUTO 14003KT 10SM CLR 22/11 A3011 RMK AO2 T02240112
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 MRN · ICAO KMRN
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Foothills Regional Airport Authorit
- Elevation
- 1,270 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- Monday to Saturday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm; Sunday, 9:00 am to 5:00 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
- 7W
- In the FAA's files since
- December 1945
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 5,500 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 03: LOCALIZER, PAPI, four lights on the left, trees 19 ft high 729 ft from the end
- Runway 21: PAPI, four lights on the right, trees 26 ft high 458 ft from the end
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 122.7 | |
| Mrn and aWOS-3P | 124.175 | |
| Hickory and center (remote transmitter) Low | 125.15 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 828-757-0788.
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 Morganton from the FAA register
39 aircraft are registered to owners in Morganton, North Carolina: 35 piston singles, 2 business jets, 1 helicopter, 1 drone. 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 · 16 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
- Activate runway end identifier lightss runway 03 and 21; PAPI runway 03 and 21; medium-intensity runway lights runway 03/21 - the common traffic frequency.
- Runway 03, 100 feet dropoff 330 feet from thld and 80 feet both sides of centerline along first 1000 feet of runway.
- Runway 21, 30 feet dropoff 400 feet from thld both sides and 10 feet dropoff 50 feet from thld and 150 feet right of centerline.
- Hang glider act daylight hours - east side of runway 03/21 in runway safety area.
- Deer and coyote on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Apron tie down space ltd.
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.